H51Q:
Fracturing and Near-Fracture Processes I

Session ID#: 4867

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
3018 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Timothy J Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
Primary Convener:  Timothy J Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States and Peter S Nico, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Peter S Nico, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1822 Geomechanics [HYDROLOGY]
1858 Rocks: chemical properties [HYDROLOGY]
1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]
Virtual Option?: Yes

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

H51Q-01
Large Scale Geologic Controls on Hydraulic Stimulation (Invited) (31097)
John David McLennan, University of Utah, Department of Chemical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Ravi Bhide, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
H51Q-02
Growth Kinematics of Opening-Mode Fractures (29300)
Peter Eichhubl1, Yaser Alzayer1, Stephen Laubach2 and András Fall1, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, United States
H51Q-03
The Influence of Fracture Network Geometry on Production from Unconventional Reservoirs (Invited) (25767)
Thomas Doe, Golder Associates Inc., Redmond, WA, United States
H51Q-04
Proppant effects on maintaining fracture permeability in shale. (2896)
Mathew D Ingraham, Stephen J Bauer, Daniel Bolintineanu, Rekha R Rao, Jeremy B Lechman and Joseph A Romero, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
H51Q-05
Comparison of Heterogeneously-Propped Hydraulic Fractures for Vertical and Lateral Wells (22791)
Joseph Morris1,2 and Nikita Chugunov2, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, United States
H51Q-06
Coupling Hydraulic Fracturing Propagation and Gas Well Performance for Simulation of Production in Unconventional Shale Gas Reservoirs (23191)
Philip H. Winterfeld1, Yu-Shu Wu2, Cong Wang1, Yonghong Wang3, Demin Chen3, Congbin Yin4 and Zhengfu Pan4, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, (2)Colorado School of Mines, Petroleum Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, (3)CNPC USA, Houston, TX, United States, (4)CNPC Chaunqing Drilling Company Limited, Chengdu, China
H51Q-07
Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Transport and Groundwater Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing of Tight/Shale Gas Reservoirs (31073)
Matthew T Reagan1, George J Moridis2 and Noel D Keen1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & Texas A&M University, Berkeley/College Station, United States
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