How can we use one fracture to locate another?
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Poliannikov, Oleg V.
Malcolm, Alison E.
Djikpesse, Hugues
Prange, Michael
Date Issued
2011
Journal
Leading Edge
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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Citation
Poliannikov, Oleg V. et al. “How Can We Use One Fracture to Locate Another?” The Leading Edge 30.5 (2011): 551–555. Web.
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Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing is an important tool that helps extract fluids from the subsurface. It is critical in applications ranging from enhanced oil recovery to geothermal energy pro-duction. As the goal of fracturing is to increase flow rates within the reservoir volume, and because the reservoir is typically heterogeneous, several fractures are often created. Because of confining stresses, most fractures that have been created and remain open are nearly vertical (Zoback et al., 2003). Creating a set of almost parallel fractures is quite common in situations with smoothly varying stress (Figure 1).
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1190/1.3589115
