In this paper presentation, the rich dataset provided by the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS-2) is used to demonstrate a methodology to generate a realistic natural fracture network and to create hydraulic fractures for a fracture network that can be used to simulate well productivity and reservoir drainage. A methodology is also presented to effectively represent realistic complex fracture networks generated by hydraulic fracturing when simulating well productivity. 

This presentation is from the 2022 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition.  

• Paper Number: SPE- 209131-MS 
• Published: 25 January 2022 

• Authors: Meng Cao; Shuang Zheng; Brendan Elliott; Mukul Sharma 

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