Fracture dimensions in Frac&pack stimulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-411

  Fan, Yong ^a   Economides, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FRACTURE DIMENSIONS;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 0030373689     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30469-pa     Document Type: Article

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