Hydraulic Fracture Propagation under Varying In-situ Stress Conditions of Reservoirs

In-situ stress state in deep reservoirs is highly variable due to many factors and it markedly influence the propagation behavior of hydraulic fractures. The direction and extent of hydraulic fracture propagation are predominantly controlled by the in-situ stress state of reservoirs. We conducted distinct element method-based numerical simulations to explore the behavior of hydraulic fracture propagation and containment under varying in-situ...