Residual opening of hydraulic fractures filled with compressible proppant

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 223-230

  Bortolan Neto, Luiz ^a   Kotousov, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed Dislocation technique; Hydraulic well stimulation; Residual fracture opening; Terzaghi's consolidation model; Well productivity

Indexed keywords

INJECTION (OIL WELLS); PROPPANTS; WELL STIMULATION;

CONSOLIDATION MODEL; DISTRIBUTED DISLOCATION TECHNIQUE; FRACTURE OPENING; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; HYDRAULIC WELL STIMULATION; OIL AND GAS WELL; RESIDUAL FRACTURE OPENING; TERZAGHI CONSOLIDATION MODEL; WELL PRODUCTIVITY; WELLS STIMULATION;

FRACTURE;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CONSOLIDATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL WELL; TERZAGHI THEORY;

EID: 84876322860     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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