On the mechanisms of shale microfracture propagation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 612-640

  Padin, Anton ^a   Tutuncu, Azra N ^a   Sonnenberg, Steve ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ANISOTROPY; DATA INTEGRATION; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INTERFACE STATES; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; MINERALS; MULTIPLE ZONES; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL SHALE; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROVEN RESERVES; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SEISMOLOGY;

ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HORIZONTAL FRACTURES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC-RICH MUDSTONE; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION;

SHALE;

EID: 84904438147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/168624-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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