Layered Modulus Effects on Fracture Propagation, Proppant Placement, and Fracture Modeling

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2919-2932

  Smith, M B ^a   Bale, A B ^b   Britt, L K ^a,c   Klein, H H ^d   Siebrits, E ^e   Dang, X ^d  

^a NSI Technologies   (United States)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GELS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FLUID LOSS; FRACTURE MODELING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; PROPPANT PLACEMENT;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 1142302701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71654-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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