Along with horizontal drilling techniques, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing has improved shale
gas production significantly in past decades. In order to understand the mechanism of …

Bedding planes have a significant effect on the behaviour of hydraulic fracture height
growth, increasing the complexity of understanding hydraulic fractures. At the same time …

One of the challenges of hydraulic fracturing operations is the determination of the fluid-
driven vertical fracture extent. Fracture breakout into overlaying or underlying formations …

Hydraulic fracturing unlocks previously inaccessible hydrocarbons in unconventional
reservoirs by creating artificial pathways in the unconventional reservoir. Numerical …

Rock mass behavior is determined not only by the properties of the rock matrix but also
mostly by the pre-existing cracks in the rock mass. Before the overall failure of rock, the crack …

Block caving has become an attractive underground rock mining method that requires
effective preconditioning of the orebody to initiate the progressive rock collapse by its …

This paper presents the key aspects of the implementation of an XFEM element for hydraulic
fracturing in porous medium in Abaqus. The implemented element has the capability of …

Bedding planes are abundant in the continental shale oil reservoirs, but their impact on
hydraulic fracturing is still not fully understood. To investigate the effects of stress condition …

Hydraulic fracturing is a technique in which pressurized fluid is pumped into the well to
induce fracture propagation in the rock formation. The treatment aims at enhancing …

Hydraulic fracturing is one of the key technologies to stimulate oil and gas production in low-
porosity and low-permeability reservoirs. Thus, understanding the hydraulic fracture (HF) …