Research Materials (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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- 3Hydraulic Fracturing
- 1Frac-Packing
- 1Numerical Modeling
- 1Numerical Simulation
- 1Oil Sand
- 1Proppant Transport
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2018-01-01
Siavash Taghipoor, Morteza Roostaei, Arian Velayati, Atena Sharbatian, Dave Chan, Alireza Nouri
This paper presents a numerical investigation of hydraulic fracturing in oil sands during cold water injection by considering the aspects of both geomechanics and reservoir fluid flow. According to previous studies, the low shear strengths of unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sandstone...
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Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing in Cohesionless Sand: Validation Against Laboratory Experiments
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Slavash Taghipoor, Alireza Nouri, Dave Chan
Summary In this paper, a new hydraulic-fracturing model is introduced for cohesionless sand, which is also applicable to weak sandstone formations with high permeability and low shear strength. Phenomena such as shear-band development and shear-enhanced permeability are of paramount importance...
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2018-01-01
Morteza Roostaei, Alireza Nouri, Vahidoddin Fattahpour, Dave Chan
A central issue in hydraulic fracturing treatment in petroleum wells is the transport of proppant particles by the injection fluid. In this paper, we present an innovative proppant transport model in a fixed rectangular- and elliptic-shaped slots. The proposed model is an improvement to the...