Asymmetrically propped hydraulic fractures

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 244-249

  Jeffrey, R G ^a,b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWN DIP SLURRY MOVEMENT; PROPPANT TRANSPORT; UP DIP SLURRY MOVEMENT;

COAL DEPOSITS; COAL SLURRIES; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 0030289736     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28079-PA     Document Type: Article

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