Fractured reservoirs: Integration is the key to optimization

JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 52-54

  Thompson, Laird B ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POROSITY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EFFECTIVE-FRACTURE SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0034138293     PISSN: 01492136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/56010-JPT     Document Type: Article

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