Mechanics of hydraulic fracture growth from a borehole

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1112-1121

  Jeffrey, R G ^a   Zhang, X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASOLINE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; STRAIN;

CIRCULAR BOREHOLES; FIELD APPLICATION; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; PLANE STRAIN CONDITION; REORIENTATION PROCESS; ROCK DEFORMATION; ROCK FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79952913826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137393-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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