Development of a Fracture Model for Spraberry Field, Texas USA

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2701-2716

  Baker, R O ^a   Bora, Rupam ^a   Schechter, D S ^b   McDonald, P ^c   Knight, William H ^c   Leonard, Paul ^c   Rounding, Carl ^c  

^a Epic Consulting Ltd

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pioneer Natural Resources (USA) Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING; WELL LOGGING;

DATA INTEGRATION; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK (DFN) MODELS; MATRIX PERMEABILITY;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 1142290630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71635-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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