An embedded fracture modeling framework for simulation of hydraulic fracturing and shear stimulation

• Published in: Computational geosciences Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Authors: Norbeck, Jack H., McClure, Mark W., Lo, Jonathan W., Horne, Roland N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Crack propagation; Discretization; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Fluid flow; Fracture mechanics; Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hydraulic fracturing; Hydrogeology; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics; Mathematical models; Mechanics; Modelling; Original Paper; Reservoirs; Rock; Rocks; Shear; Soil Science & Conservation; Hydraulic fracture; Embedded fracture modeling; 90C30; 65N08; 74F10; 90-08; Shear stimulation; 90C90; Fractured reservoir simulation; Reservoir geomechanics

A numerical modeling framework is described that is able to calculate the coupled processes of fluid flow, geomechanics, and rock failure for application to general engineering problems related to reservoir stimulation, including hydraulic fracturing and shear stimulation. The numerical formulation...