Experimental study of hydraulic fracturing for shale by stimulated reservoir volume

Fuel

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 373-380

  Guo, Tiankui ^a,b   Zhang, Shicheng ^b   Qu, Zhanqing ^a   Zhou, Tong ^b   Xiao, Yongshun ^c   Gao, Jun ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PetroChina   (China)

Author keywords

Flow rate; Fracture propagation; Horizontal in situ stress difference; Shale; Stimulated reservoir volume

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURING SIMULATION; INSITU STRESS; MULTISTAGE FRACTURING; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SINGLE WELL PRODUCTION; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEPOSITION; FLOW RATE; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MORPHOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84898075311     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.03.029     Document Type: Article

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