Resolving created, propped, and effective hydraulic fracture length

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Lolon, E P ^a   Mayerhofer, M J ^a  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CASE HISTORY; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; EFFECTIVE LENGTH; FIELD DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE LENGTH; FRACTURE MAPPING; FRACTURE MODELING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IMPACT FRACTURE; MICROSEISMIC FRACTURE MAPPING; MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGY; NON-DARCY FLOW; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTING; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; PROPPANTS; RESERVOIR MODELING; STIMULATION DESIGN; WEALTH OF INFORMATION; WELL PERFORMANCE;

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION;

FRACTURE TESTING;

EID: 70449574582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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