Role of stress reorientation in the success of refracture treatments in tight gas sands

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-355

  Roussel, Nicolas P ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRESSES; TIGHT GAS;

HISTORICAL PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PRODUCTION; REFRACTURING; STRESS REORIENTATION; TIGHT GAS FORMATION; TIGHT GAS SANDS; TWO SOURCES; VERTICAL WELLS; WELL PRODUCTION;

FRACTURE;

DATA PROCESSING; FIELD METHOD; FRACTURE INITIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORIENTATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872774263     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/134491-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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