Microseismic monitoring of the Mounds drill cuttings injection tests

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1025-1032

  Warpinski, N R ^a   Branagan, P T ^b   Mahrer, K D ^b   Wolhart, S L ^c   Moschovidis, Z A ^d  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Branagan and Associaties   (United States)

^c GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; ROCK DRILLS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY;

HORIZONTAL STRESS; INJECTION PROCESS; INJECTION TEST; MICRO-SEISMIC LOCATIONS; MICROSEISMIC MAPPING; SHALE FORMATION; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VOLUME INJECTION;

MICROSEISMIC MONITORING;

EID: 84946074445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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