Fracture orientation modelling in the vicinity of a horizontal well

Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration Production

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-397

  Auzias, Vincent ^a   Rives, Thierry ^b   Rawnsley, Keith D ^b   Petit, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

Formation microscanner; Fractures; Horizontal drilling; Joints; Orientation; Photoelasticimetry; Physical models

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ORIENTATION; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; MODELING;

EID: 0031544491     PISSN: 03962687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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