Brittle gas shale consists of a high content of brittle mineral and developed natural fractures
and has become the focus of petroleum industry in recent years. Lost circulation may easily …

Drilling in complex geological settings often possesses significant risk for unplanned events
that could potentially impede already cost-demanding operations. Lost circulation, a major …

We present a method for modeling drilling induced fractures dynamic growth through a
porous medium in the near wellbore region. Understanding the early time fracture growth …

Hydraulic Fracturing (HF) refers to the process of nucleation and growth of tensile fractures
in a reservoir formation by means of flow-induced pressurization. The processes in the …

This paper presents a fully coupled finite element model to simulate hydraulic fracturing (HF)
in rocks. The step rate test, a common diagnostic test for designing HF treatments, is …

ABSTRACT A novel formulation for a symmetric cohesive element is presented here, for
hydraulic fracture modeling problems that involve one fluid driven crack with a plane of …

This article describes the development, validation, and application of a fully coupled Finite
Element (FE) framework for modeling of hydraulic fractures in the context of a diverse set of …

We present a method for modeling the transient growth of drilling-induced fractures through
a porous medium in the near wellbore region. Understanding the early time fracture growth …

Drilling in complex geological settings often possesses significant risk for unplanned events
that potentially intensify the economic problem of cost-demanding operations. Lost …