Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs

Preface

Unconventional oil and gas reservoirs are playing an important role in providing clean energy, environmental sustainability, and increased security for all nations. Application of horizontal well drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing treatments allow enormous amounts of hydrocarbon to be released from different shale oil/gas reservoirs. Due to production from these tremendous resources in North America and the potential proliferation of production and development technologies, the United States plays a crucial role in changing the global energy landscape in many ways, leading to a growing interest in unconventional oil/gas resources all over the world. However, very limited knowledge on shale reservoir characteristics and difficulties ...