Description
This report presents a series of numerical experiments investigating the relationships among near-well fracture complexity, in situ stress conditions, and wellbore deviation. Using a phase-field modeling approach, the study explores how factors such as stress regimes, wellbore orientation, and thermal cooling influence fracture propagation. The dataset includes a technical report detailing the modeling approach and findings, along with a repository of GEOS modeling input files. This work was conducted as part of Utah FORGE Project 2-2446, "Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity."
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Report.pdf | The report examines near-wellbore fracture complexity in relation to in situ stress and wellbore deviation using phase-field simulations. It describes the modeling approach, numerical experiments, and key findings, focusing on how wellbore inclination and stress conditions affect fracture nucleation. | Open resource | |
| Modeling Repository with Input Files | HTML | This repository contains the GEOS modeling files, including the inputs used for this study. | Open resource |
Tags
- egs
- energy
- fracture-complexity
- fracture-nucleation
- fracture-propagation
- geos-modeling
- geothermal
- in-situ-stress
- near-well
- near-wellbore-fracture-nucleation
- numerical-simulation
- numerical-solutions
- phase-field
- phase-field-modeling
- rock-mechanics
- stress-regimes
- technical-report
- utah-forge
- wellbore-deviation