An optimization model for conductivity of hydraulic fracture networks in the Longmaxi shale, Sichuan basin, Southwest China

Shale gas is an important unconventional resource. The economic recovery of shale gas is only possible when a fracture network with sufficient conductivity is created by hydraulic fracturing, that, if effectively propped, connects fracturing fractures and natural fractures. Focusing on the Longmaxi...

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Main Authors: Zhihong Zhao, Kaidi Wu, Yu Fan, Jianchun Guo, Bo Zeng, Wenhan Yue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2020-07-01
Series:Energy Geoscience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666759220300081