Hydraulic fracturing initiation and near-wellbore nonplanar propagation from horizontal perforated boreholes in tight formation

Tight formations, which are rich in reserves in China, have a high economic development value. Perforated fracturing would need to be used widely to exploit these formations because of reservoir characteristics such as low permeability, low porosity and high density, resulting in high fracture pressure, limited fracture propagation, and complex fracture geometry. To address these issues, the mechanism of fracture propagation under different...