Modeling shear dominated hydraulic fracturing as a coupled fluid-solid interaction

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2010, IOGCEC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2309-2320

  Nassir, M ^a   Settari, A ^a   Wan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; METHANE; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; OIL WELLS; SHEAR FLOW; TENSORS;

COUPLED FLUID-SOLID INTERACTION; COUPLED PROBLEMS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLUID INJECTIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; SHEAR FRACTURING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78650607205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/131736-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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