Hydraulic fracture crossing natural fracture at non-orthogonal angles, a criterion, its validation and applications

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 135-145

  Gu, H ^a   Weng, X ^a   Lund, J ^a   Mack, M ^a   Ganguly, U ^a   Suarez Rivera, R ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION;

FRACTURED FORMATIONS; FRICTIONAL INTERFACE; GAS FIELD DEVELOPMENT; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; INTERSECTION ANGLES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NATURAL FRACTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79959446408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139984-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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