Reservoir Science | Volume 2, Issue 2: 97-110, 2026 | DOI: 10.62762/RS.2026.228817
Abstract
This study addresses fracturing performance evaluation during shale oil well flowback by developing a seepage flowback mathematical model and a water-phase evaluation framework. A method calculating effective fracture pore volume via flowback water production data is proposed. Using Well H flowback records, variable-production log-log well test plots and RNP-tm diagnostic charts were constructed for time-dependent fracturing effectiveness quantification. Key findings include: (1) Initial maximum cumulative water production derived from Arps harmonic decline model shows a semilogarithmic relationship between daily/cumulative water output; (2) Unit slope in fracturing fluid flowback indicates... More >
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