Geomechanical modeling of hydraulic fracture initiation and propagationin a mechanically stratified geologic system

46th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 234-242

  Smart, K J ^a   Ofoegbu, G I ^a   Das, K ^a   Basu, D ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MODEL; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIAL; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID MOVEMENT; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FRACTURE POTENTIAL; GEOMECHANICAL MODELING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; INELASTIC STRAIN; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOWER STRESS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODEL RESULTS; NEAR WELLBORE; PLASTICITY THEORY; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; ROCK DEFORMATION; SHEAR FAILURE; STRATIFIED ROCKS; STRESS ANISOTROPY; STRESS STATE; TENSILE FAILURES; WELLBORE;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; GEOMECHANICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESSES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84873192797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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