State-of-the-Art in Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 649-663

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Wright, C A ^a  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION;

FRACTURE MAPPING; FRACTURE MODELS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 1842588750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/64434-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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