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n: when explosives are used to fracture a formation. At the moment of detonation, the explosion furnishes a source of high-pressure gas to force fluid into the formation. The rubble prevents fracture healing, making the use of proppants unnecessary. Compare hydraulic fracturing.

one of several techniques used to break the rock in the near well area. It was an early stimulation method. Fractures formed in this method are short. Although still used, its best application is in perf breakdown and overcoming some near well damage.

n: a method of stimulating production by opening new flow channels in the rock surrounding a production well. Often called a frac job. Under extremely high hydraulic pressure, a fluid (such as distillate, diesel fuel, crude oil, dilute hydrochloric acid. water, or kerosene) is pumped downward through production tubing or drill pipe and forced out below a packer or between two packers. The pressure causes cracks to open in the formation, and die fluid penetrates the formation through the cracks. Sand grains, aluminum pellets, walnut shells. or similar materials (propping agents) are carried in suspension by die fluid into the cracks. When die pressure is released at the surface, the fracturing fluid returns to the well. The cracks partially close on the pellets. leaving channels for oil to flow around them to the well. See explosive fracturing, hydraulic fracturing.

n: a way that increase the production of crude oil by increase layer permeability.

n: see fracture gradient. frac job n: see formation fracturing.

n: The pressure gradient, generally stated in psi/ft [kPa/m], at which a specific formation interval breaks down and accepts fluid. Determining the frac gradient is a key requirement in designing and analyzing a hydraulic fracturing treatment.

n: a crack or crevice in a formation, either natural or induced. See explosive fracturing, hydraulic fracturing.

n: a break in the rock structure along a particular direction,fractures may occur naturally or be induced by applying downhole pressure in order to increase permeability.

n: a fluid, such as water, oil, or acid, used in hydraulic fracturing. The fluid carries propping agents that hold open the formation cracks after hydraulic pressure dissipates. See acid fracturing, hydraulic fracturing, propping agents.

abbr: heavy wall drill pipe. Hydrafrac n: the copyrighted name of a method of hydraulic fracturing for increasing productivity.

heavy weight drill pipe.

n: an operation in which a specially blended liquid is pumped down a well and into a formation under pressure high enough to cause the formation to crack open, forming passages through which oil can flow into the wellbore. Sand grains, aluminum pellets, glass beads, or similar materials are carried in suspension into the fractures. When the pressure is released at the surface, the fractures partially close on the proppants, leaving channels for oil to flow through to the well. Compare explosive fracturing.

n: 1.A stimulation treatment routinely performed on oil and gas wells in low-permeability reservoirs. Specially engineered fluids are pumped at high pressure and rate into the reservoir interval to be treated, causing a vertical fracture to open. The wings o

a method of tracking a fracture by listening for the sounds of shear fracturing in the formation during the hydraulic fracturing process.

a dimensionless measure of time often used in analyzing pressure behavior during the hydraulic fracturing process.