The objective of this book is to upgrade hydraulic fracturing technology that is effective in its purpose and sustainable in its impacts on communities and environments by bringing together hydraulic fracturing experts not only from the petroleum industry, but also from other application areas of hydraulic fracturing such as mining and geothermal energy production. Some of the discussed topics are hydraulic fracturing of naturally fractured formations, well completions and fracture commencement, and regulations-risks and communities.

The objective of this book is to upgrade hydraulic fracturing technology that is effective in its purpose and sustainable in its impacts on communities and environments by bringing together hydraulic fracturing experts not only from the petroleum industry, but also from other application areas of hydraulic fracturing such as mining and geothermal energy production. Some of the important topics discussed are induced seismicity, coupled modeling, well completions and fracture initiation, flow paths and networks, injection and efficiency, and multiple hydraulic fracture growth.

The objective of this book is to upgrade hydraulic fracturing technology that is effective in its purpose and sustainable in its impacts on communities and environments by bringing together hydraulic fracturing experts not only from the petroleum industry, but also from other application areas of hydraulic fracturing such as mining and geothermal energy production. Some of the discussed topics are Numerical Modeling, Mining and Measurement, Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Systems, Experimental Geomechanics and Optimizing Stimulation of Fractured Reservoirs.

Drilling engineering has a diverse range of applications such as sedimentary rock dating, study of the earth's structure, processes happening in inner earth, etc. This book is compiled in such a manner, that it will provide in-depth knowledge about the theories and techniques of drilling. It discusses in detail the varied aspects of drilling such as seismology, types of drilling, methods of drilling, tectonic processes, geochemistry, etc. This book will serve as a reference to a broad spectrum of readers.