Method of fracturing a subterranean formation at optimized and pre-determined conditions

1. A method of hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation by introducing a transport fluid containing a proppant into a fracture of defined generalized geometry within the formation, the method comprising:

(a) determining the requisite injection rate, q i , for the desired propped fracture length of the fracture, D PST , in accordance with Equation (I):

( q i )=[1/( D PST ) B ]×[(1 /A )× C TRANS ×( d 2 prop )×(1/μ fluid )×(ΔSG PS )]  (I)

wherein:

A is the multiplier and B is the exponent from the Power Law equation of velocity of the transport slurry vs. distance for the fracture geometry;

C TRANS is the transport coefficient;

d prop is the median proppant diameter, in mm.;

μ fluid is the apparent viscosity of the transport fluid, in cP; and

ΔSG PS is SG prop −SG fluid , SG prop being the specific gravity of the proppant and SG fluid being the specific gravity of the transport fluid;

(b) introducing the transport fluid into the formation; and

(c) subjecting the formation to hydraulic fracturing at the injection rate, q i , and creating fractures in the formation defined by D PST .

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the proppant is an ultra lightweight (ULW) proppant.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transport fluid is slickwater.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fracture geometry has a 1:1 to 5:1 aspect ratio.