A new hydraulic fracture tip mechanism in a statistically homogeneous medium

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 275-286

  Chudnovsky, A ^a   Fan, J ^a   Shulkin, Y ^a   Dudley, J W ^b   Shlyapobersky, J ^b   Schraufnagel, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Shell E and P Technology Co   (United States)

^c GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIME; THERMODYNAMICS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISCOSITY;

FIELD CALIBRATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRACTURE PARAMETER; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATERIAL PROPERTY DATUM; MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

CRACK TIPS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

CRACK TIP ZONE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE TIP; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE TREATMENT;

EID: 0029748988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/36442-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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