Improving hydraulic frac diagnostics by joint inversion of downhole microseismic and tiltmeter data

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2744-2753

  Warpinski, N R ^a   Griffin, L G ^a   Davis, E J ^a   Grant, I ^b  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b National Energy Technology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED HEIGHT ESTIMATES; DOWNHOLE TILTMETERS; FRACTURE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS; HYBRID ARRAYS;

ALGORITHMS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 33751021687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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