The modelling of fractured reservoirs: Constraints and potential for fracture network geometry and hydraulics analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 375-403

  Mäkel, Gerhard H ^a  

^a Explor and Prod   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; PERCOLATION;

EID: 38349141532     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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