Physical and numerical modeling of hydraulic fracture closure

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 122-128

  De Pater, C J ^a,c,d   Desroches, Jean ^b,e,f,g   Groenenboom, Jeroen ^a,h,i   Weijers, Leen ^a,d,j  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Shell Research

^d DUT ^*

^e SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^g U of Paris   (France)

^h DUT's Dept Mining and Petrol Eng

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC OPENING; FLUID FRICTION; FLUID LEAKOFF; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE CLOSURE; WELLBORE;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHYSICS; PRESSURE DROP; SANDSTONE; SEALING (CLOSING); TOUGHNESS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 0030150254     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28561-PA     Document Type: Article

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