SPE Production Engineering · 1988 · 72 citations · 4 references
EngineeringGeologyPetroleum EngineeringEngineering GeologyHydraulic FracturingReservoir EngineeringFracture CharacterizationFracture GeometryFracture InitiationFracture MechanicsFracture PropagationWellbore HydraulicsElasticityFracture Geometry ModelingFracture Orientation EffectsGeomechanical Effects On FracturingHydraulic Fracture CharacterizationHydraulic Fracture GeometryHydraulic Fracturing MechanicsStress Analysis For Fracturing
Summary The fracturing of a deviated well and the deviation of a hydraulically induced fracture plane were analyzed by applying three-dimensional (3D) elasticity theory. It was demonstrated that, under the influence of the off-plane shear-stress components, the fracture lines on the well surface were inclined at an angle with respect to the direction of the well axis and that the plane initiated from these fracture lines deviates from the plane formed by these initial fracture lines.
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