Characterization of microseismic data in gas shales using the radius of gyration tensor

Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2080-2084

  Sayers, Colin M ^a   Le Calvez, Joel ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE GAS; STRESSES; TENSORS; TIGHT GAS;

ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; FRACTURE SURFACE AREA; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED FRACTURES; IN-SITU STRESS FIELD; PREEXISTING FRACTURE; RADIUS OF GYRATION; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84982820201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3513255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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