Hydraulic Fracturing Breakdown Pressure and Prediction of Maximum Horizontal In Situ Stress

Using the presented criteria for the breakdown pressure in which the breakdown pressure is related to the horizontal stress, the breakdown pressure in the hydraulic fracturing test is directly used in the estimation of the maximum horizontal in situ stress. However, the classical breakdown pressure...

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Main Authors: Ali Lakirouhani, Somaie Jolfaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8180702
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description Using the presented criteria for the breakdown pressure in which the breakdown pressure is related to the horizontal stress, the breakdown pressure in the hydraulic fracturing test is directly used in the estimation of the maximum horizontal in situ stress. However, the classical breakdown pressure criteria do not take into account the effects of near-wellbore stress field, so estimating the horizontal stress using them is accompanied by errors. A plane strain numerical model is presented to obtain the breakdown pressure, in which the effect of initial crack length are considered. In this model, it is assumed that the rock medium is impermeable and the breakdown occurs at the tip of two radially cracks. Thus, in this model, the effect of the initial crack length, which is not present in the classical models, is considered. The results obtained from the numerical model show the significant effect of the initial crack length on the breakdown pressure. Also, the comparison of the numerical model with the classical criteria shows that the condition of using the classical criteria to determine the breakdown pressure is that the ratio of the initial crack length to the borehole radius is very small. Using the numerical model, 1,456 datasets were prepared to train an artificial neural network to predict the maximum horizontal stress. Input parameters include breakdown pressure, minimum horizontal stress, initial crack length, and tensile strength. The evaluation of the results shows that the obtained neural network model has a good ability to predict the maximum horizontal stress.
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spelling doaj-art-451dbca33fc6499e868b7a8b1303c9602025-02-03T01:31:52ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80942023-01-01202310.1155/2023/8180702Hydraulic Fracturing Breakdown Pressure and Prediction of Maximum Horizontal In Situ StressAli Lakirouhani0Somaie Jolfaei1Department of Civil EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringUsing the presented criteria for the breakdown pressure in which the breakdown pressure is related to the horizontal stress, the breakdown pressure in the hydraulic fracturing test is directly used in the estimation of the maximum horizontal in situ stress. However, the classical breakdown pressure criteria do not take into account the effects of near-wellbore stress field, so estimating the horizontal stress using them is accompanied by errors. A plane strain numerical model is presented to obtain the breakdown pressure, in which the effect of initial crack length are considered. In this model, it is assumed that the rock medium is impermeable and the breakdown occurs at the tip of two radially cracks. Thus, in this model, the effect of the initial crack length, which is not present in the classical models, is considered. The results obtained from the numerical model show the significant effect of the initial crack length on the breakdown pressure. Also, the comparison of the numerical model with the classical criteria shows that the condition of using the classical criteria to determine the breakdown pressure is that the ratio of the initial crack length to the borehole radius is very small. Using the numerical model, 1,456 datasets were prepared to train an artificial neural network to predict the maximum horizontal stress. Input parameters include breakdown pressure, minimum horizontal stress, initial crack length, and tensile strength. The evaluation of the results shows that the obtained neural network model has a good ability to predict the maximum horizontal stress.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8180702
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