Production performance of horizontal wells with dendritic-like hydraulic fractures in tight gas reservoirs

In addition, the effects of some fracture geometric parameters (e.g., fracture angle, fracture asymmetry and fracture branch number) on well production were investigated in detail. Results show that fracture angle has high relevance to the production performance in that cumulative production tends to be higher with more evenly distributed angles. Fracture asymmetry seems to have little influence upon the production. Fracture branch number has a strong influence on enhancing gas production, but the influence becomes weaker with increasing branch number. This paper provides us a better understanding of dendritic-like fractured gas reservoirs.