Long-period long-duration seismic events during hydraulic stimulation of shale and tight-gas reservoirs - Part 2: Location and mechanisms

Geophysics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Das, Indrajit ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; TIGHT GAS;

FLUID PRESSURES; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; NATURAL FRACTURE; ROCK PROPERTIES; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DATA SET; FAULT SLIP; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROEARTHQUAKE; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SHALE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SLIP RATE; FLUID PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; FRACTURE; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK PROPERTY;

EID: 84894480270     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/GEO2013-0165.1     Document Type: Article

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