Modeling water-injection-induced fractures in reservoir simulation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1323-1331

  Hustedt, B ^a   Qiu, Y ^a   Zwarts, D ^a   Van Den Hoek, P J ^a  

^a Shell Intl E and P ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FRACTURE GROWTH SIMULATOR; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; SHRINKING FRACTURE; TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION APPROACH;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 33644796081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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