3D analysis and engineering design of pulsed fracturing in shale gas reservoirs

48th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2014

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 1555-1556

  Safari, Reza ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Mutlu, Uno ^a   Jonathan, Glanville ^b  

^a Weatherford   (United States)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

BRITTLE TRANSITIONS; FRACTURE COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; FRACTURING TECHNIQUES; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

LOADING;

EID: 84927554086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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