Shear dilation diagnostics: A new approach for evaluating tight gas stimulation treatments

SPE - Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2007

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 448-461

  Chipperfield, S T ^a   Wong, J R ^a   Warner, D S ^a   Cipolla, C L ^b   Mayerhofer, M J ^b   Lolon, E P ^b   Warpinski, N R ^b  

^a Santos Ltd   (Australia)

^b PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE STIMULATION; POST TREATMENT DIAGNOSTICS (PTD); STIMULATED ROCK VOLUME (SRV);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 34247136429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/106289-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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