Understanding hydraulic fracture geometry and interactions in the Horn River Basin through DFN and numerical modeling

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1426-1437

  Rogers, Steve ^a   Elmo, Davide ^a   Dunphy, Rory ^b   Bearinger, Doug ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; FRACTURE TESTING; GASOLINE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RESOURCE VALUATION; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS; WELL COMPLETION; WELL STIMULATION; WELL TESTING;

CALIBRATION PROCESS; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; NATURAL FRACTURE SYSTEM; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; RIGOROUS SIMULATION; RULE-BASED APPROACH;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79952949393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137488-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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