Role of stress reorientation in the success of refracture treatments in tight gas sands

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2679-2692

  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 EVALUATION;

FRACTURE PERFORMANCE; HISTORICAL PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; POROELASTIC STRESS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; STRESS REORIENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TIGHT GAS FORMATION;

TIGHT GAS;

EID: 78651084271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/134491-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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