Quantifying transient effects in altered-stress refracturing of vertical wells

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 770-782

  Roussel, Nicolas P ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; PERMEABILITY HETEROGENEITY; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; STRESS REORIENTATION; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

EID: 78149275542     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/119522-PA     Document Type: Article

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