Investigation of critical in situ and injection factors in multi-frac treatments: Guidelines for controlling fracture complexity

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-124

  Wu, Kan ^a   Olson, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELLS;

DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; PRESSURE EQUILIBRIUMS; SEQUENTIAL INJECTION; SLICKWATER TREATMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLACEMENT;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84880483473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163821-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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