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Exact solutions of problems of steady fluid flow in reservoirs with hydrofractures

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The plane steady flow of a homogeneous fluid between several wells in a reservoir zone containing hydrofractures is considered. Under the assumption of infinite fracture conductivity, analytic solutions of the Laplace equation for the pressure distribution in the elements of several typical symmetrical well arrangements are obtained, thus enabling them to be compared. Since the conductivity of the fracture may have a significant effect on the flow, the influence of its hydraulic properties on the productivity of a producing well is numerically investigated.

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  1. V. V. Murzenko
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Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 74–82, March–April, 1994.

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Murzenko, V.V. Exact solutions of problems of steady fluid flow in reservoirs with hydrofractures. Fluid Dyn 29, 214–220 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02324310

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