Characteristics of the fracture geometry and the injection pressure response during near-wellbore diverting fracturing

Near-wellbore diverting fracturing (NWDF) can successfully generate new diverting fractures and dramatically enhance the stimulation effects for vertical wells. Investigating the fracture geometry and the injection pressure response is necessary for the candidate well selection and the stimulation effect evaluation. This work establishes a fully fluid–solid coupling model to simulate the process of NWDF under various parameter combinations,...