Boundary element analysis of the stress distribution around multiple fractures: Implications for the spacing of perforation clusters of hydraulically fractured horizontal wells

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 267-281

  Cheng, Y ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELL PERFORATION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT MODELS; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; PARALLEL FRACTURES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 77953646651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125769-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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