Measuring the hydraulic fracture-induced deformation of reservoirs and adjacent rocks employing a deeply buried inclinometer Array: GRI/DOE Mult-Site Project

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 337-349

  Branagan, P T ^a   Warpinski, N R ^b   Engler, B ^b   Wilmer, R ^a  

^a Branagan and Assoc   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DEFORMATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE CLOSURE; FRACTURE DIAGNOSTICS; FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS; FRACTURE MAPPING; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; LONG TERM MONITORING; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

BIAXIAL TILTMETER; CROSSLINKER; INCLINOMETER ARRAY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPPANT; SOFTWARE PACKAGES FRACPRO;

EID: 0029768292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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