Fracture Closure Stress (FCS) and lost returns practices

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 173-183

  Dupriest, Fred E ^a  

^a ExxonMobil

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRILLING RIGS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADHESIVE SOLIDS; FRACTURE CLOSURE STRESS (FCS); LOST CIRCULATION MATERIALS (LCM); ROCK HARDNESS;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 22344444093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/92192-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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