Relationship between the hydraulic fracture and observed microseismicity in the Bossier sands, Texas

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2444-2451

  Guest, A ^a   Settari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

BOSSIER SAND; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; HYDRO-FRACTURE; HYDRO-FRACTURING; MICROSEISMICITY; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PORO-ELASTICITY; SEISMIC INFORMATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79953104009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137936-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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