Imaging 3-D fracture networks around boreholes

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-604

  Wu, Haiqing ^a   Pollard, David D ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ROCKS;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

BOREHOLE; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMAGING METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0036538898     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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