Effect of poroelasticity on hydraulic fracture interactions
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Author(s)
Usui, T
Salimzadeh, S
Paluszny, A
Zimmerman, RW
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This study investigates, by performing finite element-based simulations, the influence of fluid leak-off and poroelasticity on growth of multiple hydraulic fractures that initiate from a single horizontal well. In this research, poroelastic deformation of the matrix is coupled with fluid flow in the fractures, and fluid flow in the rock matrix, in three dimensions. Effects of the fluid leakoff and poroelasticity on the propagation of the neighboring fractures are studied by varying the matrix permeability, and the Biot coefficient. Simulation results show that the stress induced by the opening of the fractures, and the stress induced by the fluid leak-off, each have the effect of locally altering the magnitudes and orientations of the principal stresses, hence altering the propagation direction of the fractures. The stress induced by the opening of the fractures tends to propagate both of the fractures away from each other in a curved trajectory, whereas the effects of fluid leak-off and poroelasticity (i.e., a higher Biot coefficient) tend to straighten the curved trajectory.
Date Issued
2017-07-06
Date Acceptance
2017-07-01
Citation
Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, 2017, pp.2008-2015
ISBN
9780784480779
Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers
Start Page
2008
End Page
2015
Journal / Book Title
Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics
Copyright Statement
© 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers
Sponsor
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Grant Number
EP/K036025/1
Source
Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics 2017
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2017-07-09
Finish Date
2017-07-13
Coverage Spatial
Paris, France