A laboratory study of hydraulic fracturing breakdown pressure in table-rock sandstone

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-271

  Song, Insun ^a   Suh, Mancheol ^a   Won, Kyoung Sik ^b   Haimson, Bezalel ^c  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b Geotech Consultant Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown pressure; Hydrofracturing test; In situ stress measurement; Pore pressure; Pressurization rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042356289     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910309     Document Type: Article

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