A fully coupled numerical poroelastic model to investigate interaction between induced hydraulic fracture and pre-existing natural fracture in a naturally fractured reservoir: Potential application in tight gas and geothermal reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1585-1594

  Rahman, M M ^a   Rahman, Sheik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coupled fluid and poroelastic medium; Fracture geometry; Fracture interaction; Fracture orientation; Hydraulic fracturing; In situ stress; In situ stresses; Stress regime

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE INTERACTION; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; INSITU STRESS; POROELASTIC MEDIUM; STRESS REGIME;

DESIGN; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78349292641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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