Microseismic and microscopic analysis of laboratory induced hydraulic fractures

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2011, CURC 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 489-507

  Chitrala, Yashwanth ^a   Moreno, Camilo ^a   Sondergeld, Carl ^a   Rai, Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOCATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; RESOURCE VALUATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; ANISOTROPIC RESERVOIRS; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; HYPOCENTER LOCATION; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84860606761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/147321-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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