Laboratory hydraulic fracturing test on a rock with artificial discontinuities

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4889-4897

  Casas, L ^a,c   Miskimins, J L ^a   Black, A ^b   Green, S ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b TerraTek   (United States)

^c ConocoPhillips ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE FIXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FRACTURE TIP; LOW PERMEABILITY ROCK; PRESSURE PROBES;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 33751000745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/103617-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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