 | Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing (Second Edition) Revised to include current components considered for today's unconventional and multi-fracture grids, Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing, Second Edition explains one of the most important features for fracture design -- the ability to predict the geometry and characteristics of the hydraulically induced fracture. With two-thirds of the world's oil and natural gas reserves committed to unconventional resources, hydraulic fracturing is the best proven well stimulation method to extract these resources from their more remote and complex reservoirs. However, few hydraulic fracture models can properly simulate more complex fractures. Engineers and well designers must understand the underlying mechanics of how fractures are modeled in order to correctly predict and forecast a more advanced fracture network. Updated to accommodate today's fracturing jobs, Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing, Second Edition enables the engineer to: Understand complex fracture networks to maximize completion strategies Recognize and compute stress shadow, which can drastically affect fracture network patterns Optimize completions by properly modeling and more accurately predicting for today's hydraulic fracturing completionsChing H. Yew is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. With a career spanning more than fifty years, he has consulted for many major oil companies, specializing in the areas of hydraulic fracturing directional drilling, and coiled tubing mechanics. He received a B.S. degree from National Taiwan University, M.S. degree from Cornell University and Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley all in Mechanical Engineering. He is an active member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Society of Petroleum Engineers. Xiaowel Weng is currently Project Manager, Modeling and Mechanics for Schlumberger in Sugar land TX. He is responsible for managing the development of the industry leading Unconventional Fracture Model and has provided fundamental fracturing models and developments support of several stimulation software products Prior to Schlumberger he provided design support and conducted RD in field operations for various locations including Prudhoe Bay Field, Kuparuk River Field and South China Sea. Weng Graduated with a B.S. degree from the University of Science and technology of China and M.S. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, all in Engineering Mechanics. He is an active member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Rock Mechanics Association. |
