Global model for fracture falloff analysis

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 244-263

  Marongiu Porcu, M ^a   Ehlig Economides, C A ^a   Economides, M J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RADIAL FLOW; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS; WELL ARCHITECTURES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 80052418344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144028-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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