Fracture containment in soft sands by permeability or strength contrasts

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 685-693

  De Pater, C J ^a   Dong, Y ^b  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT FACTOR; ELASTOPLASTIC MATERIALS; FRACTURE CONTAINMENT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LABORATORY TEST; LAYERED FORMATIONS; LOW PERMEABILITY; STRESS CONTRAST; TRIAXIAL TEST; TWO LAYERS; X-RAY CT;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 70449592330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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