Research and Application of Radial Borehole Fracturing Based on Numerical Simulation

Table 3

Correlation results.

Factors	Radial borehole azimuth	Horizontal stress difference	Elasticity modulus	Poisson’s ratio	Fracturing fluid viscosity	Fracturing displacement	Vertical density of radial hole	Radial borehole diameter
value	0.7544	0.8320	0.7451	0.7420	/	0.7482	0.8095	0.7095
Fracture initiation pressure	0.8158	0.7728	0.7582	0.7498	0.7743	0.7765	0.8361	0.7433