Hydraulic fracture predictions with a fully coupled geomechanical reservoir simulator

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 4003-4014

  Dean, R H ^a   Schmidt, J H ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMECHANICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SIMULATORS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; CRITICAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR ITERATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SECOND ORDER CONVERGENCE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 58849129199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/116470-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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