Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale: Constraints on spatial organization and tensile strength with implications for hydraulic fracture treatment in shale-gas reservoirs

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gale, Julia F W ^a   Holder, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE PLANE; GAS RESERVOIR; GEOMECHANICAL MODELING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IN-CORE; INPUT PARAMETER; NATURAL FRACTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; WELL BORE;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHALE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FRACTURE;

EID: 69549124368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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