Discrete modeling of natural and hydraulic fractures in shale-gas reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2869-2877

  Gong, Bin ^a   Qin, Guan ^b   Towler, Brian F ^b   Wang, Hongyan ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c PetroChina Company   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE GAS;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; MATRIX-FRACTURE TRANSFERS; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84863041153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/146842-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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