Research Article

Continuum Damage Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture from Perforations in Horizontal Wells

Table 1

Reservoir properties and well parameters.

ParametersValues

Young’s modulus of rock (GPa)21.5
Poisson’s ratio of rock 0.23
Biot coefficient 0.65
Permeability (m2)3.0×10−15
Tensile strength (MPa)3.0
Residual strength coefficient 0.15
Mutation coefficient 10.0
Coupling coefficient 0.025
Wellbore diameter (mm)178
External diameter of the casing (mm)178
Internal diameter of the casing (mm)164
Young’s modulus of casing (GPa)210
Poisson’s ratio of casing 0.21
In situ stress factor 0.3