Managing Uncertainty Related to Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling in Complex Stress Environments with Pressure-Dependent Leakoff

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3877-3891

  Johnson Jr , Raymond L ^a   Greenstreet, Carl W ^a  

^a Santos Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BOTTOMHOLE PRESSURE (BHTP); PRESSURE DEPENDENT LEAKOFF (PDL);

BOREHOLES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 1142276439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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