A new approach to hydraulic fracturing modeling in naturally fractured reservoirs

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Damjanac, Branko ^a   Gil, Ivan ^a   Pierce, Matt ^a   Sanchez, Marisela ^a   Van As, Andre ^b   McLennan, John ^c  

^a Itasca International   (United States)

^b RIO TINTO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FLUID INJECTIONS; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED FRACTURES; INTACT ROCKS; NATURAL FRACTURE; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NEW APPROACHES; PARTICLE MODEL; ROCK MASS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; ROCK MECHANICS;

ROCKS;

EID: 78751527015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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