TAKING A TURN FOR THE WORST? Examining the role of wellbore direction and fracture tortuosity Premium data, innovative solutions, integrated analytics for oil & gas. EVOLVE, ALWAYS That’s geoLOGICgeoLOGIC systems ltd. @geoLOGICsystems geoLOGIC.com Premium data, innovative solutions, embedded analytics for oil and gas. While a breakdown may signal the end of a celebrity’s career, a breakdown is just the start of a fracturing treatment – it is the pressure at which the near wellbore pressures “break down” to allow for fluids to be pumped into the formation and a fracture to be created. Often, the breakdown pressure is the highest pressure encountered during a fracture treatment and it is important to design the well to ensure that the breakdown pressure does not exceed the maximum all

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