Hydraulic fracturing techniques have been widely used to create complex fracture network in
unconventional reservoirs. The complexity of hydraulic fracture is significantly influenced by …

Hydraulic fracturing is an indispensable technology in developing tight oil and gas
resources. However, the development of tight oil and gas is not consistently satisfactory …

This work designs an experimental model of tight sandstone with a closed cemented pre-
existing fracture network (CCPF) to explore the influence of closed cemented natural …

Difficulties in fracture extension and proppants adding were two key factors that affected the
stimulated volume of deep shale reservoir. To clarify the mechanism of hydraulic fracture …

Microscale and nanoscale fractures induced by stress transfer can effectively improve pore
connectivity, which can provide significant benefits by improving well productivity in shale …

Deep resource extraction is of great importance in advancing shale gas development. To
obtain the fracture behavior of deep anisotropic shale reservoirs under in-situ temperatures …

Under the influence of tectonic stress and faults, there are many natural fractures (NFs) in
hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs. However, the effect of NFs on the propagation of hydraulic …

With the continuous advancement of oil and gas field development technologies, there has
been an increasing focus on the exploration of unconventional oil and gas resources, such …

Hydraulic fracturing is an effective method to improve the permeability of coal seams and
enhance extraction of coalbed methane (CBM). Evolution of cracks in coal seam becomes …

The propagation behavior of hydraulic fractures (HFs) in unconventional shale formation is
influenced by anisotropic fracture toughness and interaction with existing nature fractures …