Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper shows how an understanding of the relative influence of fracture design parameters, and treatment procedures enable the engineer to improve hydraulic fracture results. The measurement of a few critical parameters provides a better understanding of fracturing in a particular formation. Results are presented from a joint program of research carried out between Gulf Research & Development Company and Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Company during 1984. The principal objectives of this program were to obtain improved field data for the verification of fracture simulators, and to investigate the field measurements and analysis of parameters found to significantly affect design. Emphasis is placed on understanding the effect of reservoir properties on the created fracture and the required fracturing pressure. This information was then used in the field to optimize limited size treatments in particular formations.
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