Hydraulic fracturing, an overview / Fred Aminzadeh -- Evolution of stress transfer mechanisms during mechanical interaction between hydraulic fractures and natural fractures / Birendra Jha -- Primer on hydraulic fracturing concerning initiatives on energy sustainability / Michael Holloway and Oliver Rudd -- A graph theoretic approach for spatial analysis of induced fracture networks / Deborah Glosser and Jennifer R. Bauer -- Fracture spacing design for multistage hydraulic fracturing completions for improved productivity / D. Maity, J. Ciezobka and I. Salehi -- Clustering-based optimal perforation design using well logs / Andrei S. Popa, Steve Cassidy and Sinisha Jikich -- Horizontal well spacing and hydraulic fracturing design optimization : a case study on Utica-Point Pleasant Shale play / Alireza Shahkarami and Guochang Wang -- Geomechanical modeling of fault systems using the material point method : application to the estimation of induced seismicity potential to bolster hydraulic fracturing social license / Nicholas M. Umholtz and Ahmed Ouenes -- Correlating pressure with microseismic to understand fluid-reservoir interactions during hydraulic fracturing / Debotyam Maity -- Multigrid fracture stimulated reservoir volume mapping coupled with a novel mathematical optimization approach to shale reservoir well and fracture design / Ahmed Alzahabi, Noah Berlow, M.Y. Soliman and Ghazi AlQahtani -- A semi-analytical model for predicting productivity of refractured oil wells with uniformly distributed radial fractures / Xiao Cai, Boyun Guo and Gao Li -- The role of human factors considerations and safety culture in the safety of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) / Jamie Heinecke, Nima Jabbari and Najmedin Meshkati -- Flowback of fracturing fluids with upgraded visualization of hydraulic fractures and its implications on overall well performance / Khush Desai and Fred Aminzadeh -- Assessing the groundwater contamination potential from a well in a hydraulic fracturing operation / Nima Jabbari, Fred Aminzadeh and Felipe P.J. de Barros.
Summary:
"Hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") has been a source of both achievement and controversy for years, and it continues to be a hot-button issue all over the world. It has made the United States an energy exporting country once again and kept the price of gasoline low, for consumers and companies. On the other hand, it has been potentially a dangerous and destructive practice that has led to environmental problems and health issues. It is a deeply important subject for the petroleum engineer to explore as much as possible. This collection of papers is the first in the series, Sustainable Energy Engineering, tackling this very complex process of hydraulic fracturing and its environmental and economic ramifications. Born out of the journal by the same name, formerly published by Scrivener Publishing, most of the articles in this volume have been updated, and there are some new additions, as well, to keep the engineer abreast of any updates and new methods in the industry. Truly a snapshot of the state-of-the-art, this groundbreaking volume is a must-have for any petroleum engineer working in the field, environmental engineers, petroleum engineering students, and any other engineer or scientist working with hydraulic fracturing"-- Provided by publisher.
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