Carthage cotton valley fracture imaging project - Imaging methodology and implications

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 599-612

  Walker, R N ^a   Zinno, R J ^a   Gibson, J B ^a   Urbancic, Ted ^b   Rutledge, Jim ^c  

^a Union Picifice Resources Company   (United States)

^b Engineering Scismology Group Canada Inc   (United States)

^c Nambe Geophysical Inc Los Alomas National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; OIL WELLS; TIGHT GAS; WELL SPACING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA RECORDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COMMERCIAL SERVICES; DESIGN AND MODELING; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION;

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

CARTHAGE COTTON VALLEY FRACTURE IMAGING PROJECT; FRACTURE MAPPING;

EID: 0031637069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/49194-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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