Selecting Strategies for Improving Fracture Performance in Tight Gas Sands

This article summarizes some of the strategies used to improve fracture performance. The key to the successful application of these strategies is the selection of a specific strategy and fracture design for a specific well based on an analysis of its data. The development of 3-D hydraulic fracture propagation is crucial to the successful selection of these strategies in tight gas formation over a broad cross-section of tight gas sand assets with varying stress regimes and formation properties.