A study of propagation of cooled cracks in a geothermal reservoir

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 34 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 428-431

  Tarasovs, S ^a   Ghassemi, A ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture propagation; Geothermal reservoir; Thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; INSITU STRESS; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; THERMAL CRACKING; THERMAL STIMULATION;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79955117690     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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