Fracture development in shale and its relationship to gas accumulation

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-105

  Ding, Wenlong ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Li, Chunyan ^a   Xu, Changchun ^a   Jiu, Kai ^a   Zeng, Weite ^a   Wu, Liming ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant factor; Fracture; Gas accumulation; Gas production; Shale

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CARBONATE; FELDSPAR; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PALEOZOIC; POISSON RATIO; QUARTZ; SHALE; YOUNG MODULUS;

CHINA; NORTH AMERICA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 83555168328     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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