Hydraulic fracture complexity: Diagnosis, remediation, and exploitation

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 34-57

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Warpinski, N R ^a   Mayerhofer, M J ^a  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE HISTORY; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ECONOMIC LOSS; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRACTURE COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE MAPPING; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE MODELING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURING PRESSURE; G FUNCTION; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; PAPER DOCUMENTS; ROCK PROPERTIES; TREATMENT DESIGN; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLLUTION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78650612479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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