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Journal of Mining Sciences

2016 year, number 4

Experimental Test of Directional Hydraulic Fracturing Technique

S. V. SERDYUKOV, M. V. KURLENYA, A. V. PATUTIN, L. A. RYBALKIN, T. V. SHILOVA
Chinakal Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnyi pr. 54, Novosibirsk, 630091 Russia
Keywords: массив горных пород, скважина, направленный гидроразрыв, поперечная трещина, сейсмическое излучение, rock mass, borehole, directional hydraulic fracturing, transverse fracture, seismic emission

Abstract

The article reports data of a lab test of directional hydraulic fracturing carried out on a block made of organic glass. A fracture across a hole is created by means of additional shearing stress applied to the hole walls within the interval of the fracture. It is found that seismic emission under hydraulic fracturing has no bearing on destruction of the model material but appears after the fracture completion.