Microseismic hydraulic fracture imaging: The path toward optimizing shale gas production

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-346

  Maxwell, Shawn ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULIC TOOLS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE GAS;

ENGINEERING TOOLS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE NETWORK; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; SHALE GAS; SIMULATION;

EID: 79955404610     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3567266     Document Type: Article

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