Hydraulic fracturing process optimization

Abstract

A method for optimizing a hydro mechanical fracturing process, the method comprising the following steps: a. Loading of static and dynamic data; b. Loading of a pressure-fracture aperture relationship curve; and c. Generating a hydraulic fracture process model by repeating the following steps c1 to c3 by using the static and dynamic data: c1. Solving a Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) flow model; c2. Updating fractures apertures of the Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) using the pressure-fracture aperture relationship curve; and c3. History matching reservoir data by updating the pressure-fracture aperture relationship curve; d. Simulating a hydromechanical fracturing for a specific reservoir based on the hydraulic fracture process model to generate optimized process parameters; and e. Performing hydro mechanical fracturing using the optimized process parameters.

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