A comparison of numerical and experimental results of hydraulic fracture growth into a zone of lower confining stress

42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics - 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wu, R ^a   Bunger, A P ^b   Jeffrey, R G ^b   Siebrits, E ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER MOSCOW RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; CONFINING STRESS; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE SHAPE; FRACTURE WIDTH; FUNCTION OF TIME; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LAYER CONFIGURATION; LOWER STRESS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; WELLBORE PRESSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 69549118726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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