Using moment tensors to determine the effectiveness of hydraulic fracture stage spacing

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Gas Conference 2011, UGC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 478-481

  Prince, Marc ^a   Baig, Adam ^a   Urbancic, Ted ^a   Buckingham, Katherine ^a   Guest, Alice ^a  

^a Engineering Seismology Group Canada Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE GAS; TENSORS; TIGHT GAS;

EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE TREATMENT; INTERCONNECTIVITY; SEISMIC MOMENT TENSOR; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

FRACTURE;

EID: 80052395167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144190-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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