Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observations

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2165-2216

  Gale, Julia F W ^a   Laubach, Stephen E ^a   Olson, Jon E ^b   Eichhubl, Peter ^a   Fall, András ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; SHALE OIL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; FRACTURE ATTRIBUTES; FRACTURE PREDICTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; PARALLEL FRACTURES; STRAIN ACCOMMODATIONS; STRUCTURAL SETTING;

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GAS PRODUCTION; OIL PRODUCTION; OUTCROP; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHALE; SIZE STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT;

EID: 84911906694     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08121413151     Document Type: Article

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