This paper presents a method to control fracture height growth through the selective
placement of artificial barriers above and below the pay zone. These barriers are created …

Fracture vertical propagation can be motivated by the need to prevent possible water or gas
breakthrough from adjacent layers. It can also be inadequate when a contained fracture is …

Fracture height growth can be contained by selective placement of a low mobility bed of
proppant along the upper and the lower tips of a propagating hydraulic fracture, while …

This paper discusses the development of a novel fracture treatment technique which uses a
nonreactive, buoyant diverter to control upward propagation of vertical fracture during the …

A dual hydraulic fracturing technique has successfully increased hydrocarbon production in
oil and gas wells on the European and African continents. This technique reduces the …

Fracpack is the hydraulic fracturing of high permeability (generally> 10 md) formations to
increase well productivity and control sand production. Fracturing aspects of the fracpack …

There are several advantages to using high concentrations of proppant. For example,
increasing the concentration in the fracture promotes greater fracture flow capacity, lessens …

As an alternative to conventional proppant pack placement, propped pillar-fracturing
promises more effective and conductive fractures that enable hydrocarbons to flow through …

This paper discusses particular aspects critical to designing a successful fracturing treatment
for higher permeability reservoirs with the objectives of stimulation and/or sand control. The …

The success of most fracture treatments is primarily dependent on the ability to evaluate the
characteristics and critical mechanisms that control how a formation hydraulically fractures …