A workflow for modeling and simulation of hydraulic fractures in unconventional gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2012, UGAS - Unlocking Unconventional Gas: New Energy in the Middle East

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 469-479

  Mirzaei, M ^a   Cipolla, C L ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CYTOLOGY; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE GAS; WELL STIMULATION;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK MODELS; ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; GEOMETRIC ORIENTATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; MODEL AND SIMULATION; MODELING AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIR MODELING; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84861009544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/153022-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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