Measuring hydraulic fracture growth in naturally fractured rock

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 3750-3768

  Jeffrey, R G ^a   Bunger, A P ^b   Lecampion, B ^c   Zhang, X ^a   Chen, Z R ^b   Van As, A ^d   Allison, D P ^e   De Beer, W ^e   Dudley, J W ^f   Siebrits, E ^a   Thiercelin, M ^c   Mainguy, M ^g  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d Rio Tinto ^*  (Australia)

^e GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^f Premier E and P Co   (United States)

^g TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; MINIMUM STRESS; MONITORING METHODS; NATURAL FRACTURE; PROPPANTS; SEISMIC EVENT; SHEAR ZONE;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONITORING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78349231266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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