Geomechanical considerations in hydraulic fracturing designs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 648-660

  Rafiee, Mehdi ^a   Soliman, M Y ^a   Pirayesh, Elias ^a   Meybodi, Hamid Emami ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HORIZONTAL WELLBORES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; ROCK MECHANICS; WELL SPACING;

DESIGN;

EID: 84875686358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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