Interaction of multiple hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2013, UGAS 2013 - Unconventional and Tight Gas: Bridging the Gaps for Sustainable Economic Development

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 335-344

  Wong, Sau Wai ^a   Geilikman, Mikhail ^a   Xu, Guanshui ^b  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D NUMERICAL MODELS; COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; FRACTURE STIMULATION; FULL SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; SUB-SURFACE FRACTURES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84880457362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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