Interpretation of fracture height from temperature logs - The effect of wellbore/fracture separation

SPE Formation Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Davis, E R ^a   Zhu, Ding ^b   Hill, A D ^c  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^b SPE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FRACTURE HEIGHT; FRACTURE-WELLBORE SEPARATION; WARM NOSES; WELLBORE TEMPERATURE;

THERMAL LOGGING;

FRACTURES; WELL LOGGING;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; FRACTURE HEIGHT; TEMPERATURE LOG; TEMPERATURE LOGGING;

EID: 0031171069     PISSN: 0885923X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/29588-PA     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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6. Zhu, D.: "Effect of Temperature on Minifrac Pressure Behavior," PhD dissertation, The U. of Texas, Austin, Texas (1992).