For unconventional resources exploration and development, hydraulic fracture pattern and
associated dimensions are critical in determining well stimulation efficiency and ultimate …

Deep shale gas reservoirs, compared to shallow and intermediate shale gas reservoirs,
usually exhibit lower fracture complexity, smaller stimulated volume, poorer conductivity, and …

Multistage fracturing with multiwell pads (MSFMP) is an essential technology for the efficient
development of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, but the reservoir area between two …

One of the important hurdles in horizontal-well stimulation is the generation of hydraulic
fractures (HFs) from all perforation clusters within a given stage, despite the challenges …

Geothermal energy, featured as a renewable low‐carbon energy resource, exhibits great
potential in mitigating global warming. However, efficient mining of geothermal energy from …

Using a newly developed 2D numerical model based on the displacement discontinuity
method (DDM) and the fictitious stress method (FSM), hydraulic fracture propagation near …

Hydraulic fracturing has been applied to the cave mining industry as a pre-conditioning
method to improve rock mass caveability and fragmentation sizes. In theory, the hydraulic …

Purpose The unstable dynamic propagation of multistage hydrofracturing fractures leads to
uneven development of the fracture network and research on the mechanism controlling this …

Unconventional reservoirs such as gas shales and tight gas sands require technology-
based solutions for optimum development because of the undeveloped matrix pores and …

Since fracture morphology is jointly influenced by inter-cluster interference and natural
fractures, multi-cluster fracture propagation behaviors are complicated during staged volume …