德克萨斯州伍德兰兹——高中数学老师是对的——几何学最终在以后的生活中确实是需要的。至少对于石油和天然气运营商来说是这样。  

裂缝几何形状在流动路径的演变中起着重要作用，并且对于裂缝执行和后续后处理井性能也很重要。在 2 月 7 日举行的 SPE 水力压裂技术会议上，行业高管寻找破解压裂几何形状评估密码的新方法。但在问题得到解决之前，必须做出一些让步。

“我们永远无法完美地描述地下裂缝的扩展，”赫斯的首席工程顾问克雷格·西波拉 (Craig Cipolla) 告诉观众。

THE WOODLANDS, Texas— High school math teachers were right—geometry does end up being needed later on in life. At least, it does for oil and gas operators.  

Fracture geometry plays a significant role in the evolution of flow paths and is important to fracture execution and subsequent post-treatment well performance. At SPE’s Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference on Feb. 7, industry executives looked for new ways to crack the code in evaluating frac geometry. But before the problem can be solved, some concessions have to be made.

“We're never going to perfectly describe fracture growth in the subsurface,” Craig Cipolla, Hess’ principal engineering advisor, told the audience.