Natural fractures in the Spraberry formation, Midland basin, Texas: The effects of mechanical stratigraphy on fracture variability and reservoir behavior

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 505-524

  Lorenz, John C ^a   Sterling, Jenny L ^a   Schechter, David S ^a   Whigham, Chris L ^a   Jensen, Jerry L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION PRESSURE;

ANISOTROPY; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE;

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036502348     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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