Initiation and growth of a hydraulic fracture from a borehole under toughness- or viscosity- dominated conditions

44th US Rock Mechanics Symposium - 5th US/Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, X ^a   Jeffrey, R G ^a   Bunger, A P ^a   Thiercelin, M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAR-FIELD STRESS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURES; FRACTURE CLOSURE; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE OPENING; FRACTURE PATH; HIGH INJECTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION RATES; INSITU STRESS; MISALIGNMENT ANGLES; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; NEAR WELLBORE; PATTERN EVOLUTION; PRINCIPAL STRESS; ROCK DEFORMATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) MODELS; VERTICAL BOREHOLE; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

BOREHOLES; FLUIDS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78751522170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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