Integrating microseismic mapping and complex fracture modeling to characterize fracture complexity

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 1-22

  Cipolla, C ^a   Weng, X ^a   Mack, M ^a   Ganguly, U ^a   Gu, H ^a   Kresse, O ^a   Cohen, C ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH MODELS; FRACTURE COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE DESIGN; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE MODELING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT DESIGN; GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS; GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MICROSEISMIC MAPPING; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION DESIGN;

EXHIBITIONS; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84861011641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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