A practical guide to interpreting microseismic measurements

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 363-390

  Cipolla, C ^a   Maxwell, S ^a   Mack, M ^a   Downie, R ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STEPS; DEGREE OF DIVERSITY; ENERGY INPUTS; EVENT PATTERN; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLUID FRICTION; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE OPENING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LOCATION UNCERTAINTY; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MICROSEISMIC MAPPING; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NET PRESSURE; OBSERVATION WELLS; PRACTICAL GUIDE; QUALITATIVE ESTIMATES; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC RADIATION; SHEAR FAILURE; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

DATA VISUALIZATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 80052401308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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