Tendencies in hydraulically conductive natural fractures’ spatial orientations and distribution in vicinities of major faults
https://doi.org/10.24887/2587-7399-2019-3-18-24
Abstract
The paper presents the results of modelling the fields of fracture parameters in vicinities of large faults. Zones of developed fracture networks are determined based on geomechanical modelling alongside with such parameters as relative density and preferable spatial orientations of critically stressed fractures, which, under certain assumptions, are related to hydraulically conductive fractures. The faults of different types are considered with main tendencies in fracture parameters evolution while approaching the fault being analyzed.
About the Author
N. V. Dubinya
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Dubinya N.V. Tendencies in hydraulically conductive natural fractures’ spatial orientations and distribution in vicinities of major faults. PROneft. Professionally about Oil. 2019;(3):18-24. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24887/2587-7399-2019-3-18-24
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