Section 4

Hydraulically Fractured Wells

Hydraulically Fractured Wells

 Flow Regimes
 Depth of Investigation
 Fracture Damage
 Straight Line Analysis
• Bilinear Flow Analysis
• Linear Flow Analysis
• Semilog Analysis
 Type Curve Analysis
Ideal Hydraulic Fracture
Reservoir sand
(permeability=k ) Wellbore
Fracture width, wf

Hydraulic fracture Fracture

(permeability =kf ) half­length, Lf
Flow Regimes in Fractures
Fracture Linear Flow

Transient moves down fracture length

Regime is not of
practical importance

Transient has not Transient has not reached

moved into reservoir end of fracture
Fracture Linear Flow
 Bilinear Flow

Low-conductivity fracture, Cr < 100

Pressure transient moves down

fracture, into formation
Bilinear Flow

Low-conductivity fracture, Cf < 100

Pressure transient has not reached end of fracture

Bilinear Flow

(Log-log plot)

Pressure change
Pressure Pressure
derivative

Pressure 2.45 1 4
drop: pD  tL D
FcD f
Time
Bilinear Flow

(Log-log plot)

Pressure

(Duration depends on dimensionless

fracture conductivity)
Time