Roles of the Fracture System and State of Stress for Gas Production from the Basement Reservoir in Hokkaido, Japan

SPE Proceedings - Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 641-651

  Tezuka, Kazuhiko ^a   Namikawa, Takatoshi ^a   Tamagawa, Tetsuya ^a   Day Lewis, Amy ^b   Barton, Colleen ^b  

^a JAPEX ^*  (Japan)

^b GMI Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE DISTRIBUTION; WELLBORE FAILURE DETECTION;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUITS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); FUNCTIONS; GAS FUEL STORAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); STRESS ANALYSIS;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 1642582225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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