Modeling initiation of hydraulic fractures from a wellbore

ISRM International Symposium - 5th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium 2008, ARMS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1101-1108

  Lakirouhani, A ^a   Bunger, A ^b   Detournay, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Hydraulic Fractures; Initiation; Instability; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PLASMA STABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; FRACTURE INITIATION PRESSURES; IMPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; INITIATION; LUBRICATION THEORY; VISCOUS FLUID FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84957615913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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