Unsuccessful hydraulic fracturing cases in Australia: Investigation into causes of failures and their remedies

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 70-81

  Rahman, M K ^a   Suarez, Y A ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Rahman, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture treatment; Fracturing tight gas reservoir; Geomechanics; Hydraulic fracturing; In situ stresses; Reservoir stimulation

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TREATMENT; FRACTURING TIGHT-GAS RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR STIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU STRESS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; REVERSE FAULT; WELL TESTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34248343826     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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