Discrimination of natural fractures from drilling-induced wellbore failures in wellbore image data - Implications for reservoir permeability

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-254

  Barton, Colleen A ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; STRESS; WELL LOGGING;

FAILURE MECHANISM; IN SITU STRESS; OIL WELL; PERMEABILITY; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 0036060115     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/78599-PA     Document Type: Article

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