Numerical Study of the Effect of Perforation Friction and Engineering Parameters on Multicluster Fracturing in Horizontal Wells

Simultaneous multiple-fracture treatments in horizontal wellbores have become one of the key methods for economically and efficiently developing oil and gas resources in unconventional reservoirs. However, field data show that some perforation clusters have difficulty propagating fractures due to the internal mechanism of competing initiation and propagation among the fractures. In this paper, the physical mechanisms that influence simultaneous...