Hydraulic fracturing process is a method for improving production from hydrocarbon reservoirs. It is very useful in low permeability reservoirs. Although it has been used widely in hydrocarbon production wells, it is a new method in Iran. In this paper, the hydraulic fracturing design was done for Bangestan reservoir (one of hydrocarbon reservoirs in south of Iran). To do this, at first, mechanical earth model (MEM) was developed. This model comprise of in situ stresses and physical properties of reservoir rock (like porosity and water saturation obtained from petrophysical well logs analysis) and determination of the rock fracture pressures and fracture propagation. Then, Sarvak zone and zone 6 of Bangestan reservoir were selected as suitable layers for hydraulic fracturing modelling. Finally, hydraulic fracture was designed for selected layers. In this design, the created fracture length in Sarvak zone is longer than the created fracture length in zone 6, but dimensionless fracture conductivity in Sarvak zone is less than dimensionless fracture conductivity in zone 6. The results show that hydraulic fracturing can be done successfully in both Sarak zone and zone 6.
