Extrapolating fracture orientations from horizontal wells using stress trajectory models

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-152

  Rawnsley, K ^a   Auzias, V ^b   Petit, J P ^b   Rives, T ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Fracture geometry simulation; Stress trajectory

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HORIZONTAL WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRESS TRAJECTORY;

EID: 0031473267     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.3.2.145     Document Type: Article

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