Microseismic mapping of laboratory-induced hydraulic fractures in anisotropic reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Tight Gas Completions Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 355-373

  Chitrala, Y ^a   Moreno, C ^a   Sondergeld, C H ^a   Rai, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIME; LOCATION; MAPPING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; TIGHT GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; ANISOTROPIC RESERVOIRS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYPOCENTER LOCATION; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MICROSEISMIC MAPPING; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79952788707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/138441-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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