Mechanical anisotropy in the Woodford Shale, Permian Basin: Origin, magnitude, and scale

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-291

  Harris, Nicholas B ^a   Miskimins, Jennifer L ^b   Mnich, Cheryl A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WELL LOGGING;

FLUID SATURATIONS; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; NATURAL FRACTURE; PERMIAN BASINS; WELL LOGS; WOODFORD SHALES;

SHALE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNITUDE; PERMIAN; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955380842     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3567259     Document Type: Article

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