Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Guided by Single Radial Boreholes

Conventional hydraulic fracturing is not effective in target oil development zones with available wellbores located in the azimuth of the non-maximum horizontal in-situ stress. To some extent, we think that the radial hydraulic jet drilling has the function of guiding hydraulic fracture propagation...

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Main Authors: Tiankui Guo, Zhanqing Qu, Facheng Gong, Xiaozhi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1680