Using microseismic events to constrain fracture network models and implications for generating fracture flow properties for reservoir simulation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Shale Gas Production Conference 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 70-76

  Williams Stroud, Sherilyn ^a  

^a MicroSeismic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE MAPPING; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE NETWORK MODELS; FRACTURE PLANE; FRACTURE SIZE; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOCELLULAR MODELS; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GEOPHONE ARRAY; GEOSCIENTISTS; HARD CONSTRAINTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; INSITU STRESS; LOWER STRESS; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; MICROSEISMICITY; NORTH AMERICAN; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PRODUCTION PLANNING; REAL-TIME DATA; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; ROCK FAILURES; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; STRESS STATE; SURFACE-BASED; WELL BORE;

FLOW SIMULATION; GAS PIPELINES; GAS PRODUCERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOCATION; MAPPING; MULTIPLE ZONES; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; SIMULATORS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION; WELLS;

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EID: 70349439393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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