Transverse hydraulic fractures from a horizontal well

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 25-36

  Wei, Y ^a   Economides, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; STRESSES;

FLOW CONFIGURATION; GAS RESERVOIRS; GAS WELLS; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 33644799725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/94671-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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