Permeability enhancement in shale gas reservoirs after stimulation by hydraulic fracturing

45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ge, J ^a   Ghassemi, A ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE MODEL; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED FRACTURES; INDUCED STRESS; INFINITE RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESERVOIR VOLUME; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK MASS; SHALE GAS; SLIP ZONES; TIGHT SANDS;

FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHALE; WELL STIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 82555182622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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