Resolving created, propped, and effective hydraulic-fracture length

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 619-627

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

^a StrataGen Engineering

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^c Schlumberger's Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring Businessd   (United States)

^d Carbo Ceramics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE TESTING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FIELD DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR MODELING; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTING; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 73949093292     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/129618-pa     Document Type: Article

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