Summary Although even a perfunctory survey of the literature suggests that considerable information is available on the response of finite-conductivity fractures in single-layer systems, the influence of the settling of propping agents and the effect of fracture height on the well response need to be examined. These topics are examined in this paper. We suggest methods to analyze well performance when the fracture paper. We suggest methods to analyze well performance when the fracture conductivity is a function of fracture height and fracture length. The performance of wells with fracture height greater than the formation performance of wells with fracture height greater than the formation thickness is documented. The consequences of being unable to contain the fracture within the pay zone are also examined. Although incidental to this study, we found that solutions presented by various authors are not in agreement for all time ranges. In this paper, we discuss a systematic procedure to obtain a grid (mesh) so that paper, we discuss a systematic procedure to obtain a grid (mesh) so that accurate results are obtained by a finite-difference model. This procedure can be used for both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) problems. problems.
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Bennett et al. (1986) studied this question.