Hydraulic fracturing has been a part of oil & gas development in North America for seven
decades. Hydraulic fracturing was first conducted in 1947. Commercial operations began in …

This study applies the Lindenmayer system based on fractal theory to generate synthetic
fracture networks in hydraulically fractured wells. The applied flow model is based on …

Summary Plug-and-perforation (plug-and-perf) multistage hydraulic fracturing completions
in unconventional reservoirs rely on complete hydraulic isolation from the previous stage to …

Tight resources are defined as low porosity (less than 10 pu)-low permeability (nanodarcy–
microdarcy scale) formations, from which natural primary production is minimal and …

Interwell stress interference plays a critical role in the design of hydraulic fracturing of wells.
The energy released upon opening fractures and the accompanying rock deformation …

Unconventional shale reservoirs are characterized by low porosity and ultra-low
permeability. Natural fractures are known to be present and considered a critical factor for …

At the early stages of Bakken unconventional development, ConocoPhillips drilled the first
fully downspaced DSU with 8 wells staggered in Middle Bakken (MB) and Upper Three …

Historical horizontal completions designs have very wide cluster spacing, leaving behind
significant volumes of hydrocarbons. This paper develops a workflow for optimizing cluster …

Stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) is a prime factor controlling well performance in
unconventional shale plays. In general, SRV describes the topology of induced fractures by …

This dissertation applies and further develops a new semi-analytical streamline simulator
based on complex analysis methods (CAM) that enables high-resolution flow visualizations …