Propagation of hydraulically and dynamically induced fractures in naturally fractured reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Unconventional Gas Technology Symposium, UGT 1986

Volumn , Issue , 1986, Pages 613-621

  Blanton, T L ^a  

^a Rock Mechanics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; OIL WELLS; TECTONICS;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; ELASTIC SOLUTIONS; FRACTURE INTERACTIONS; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; NATURAL FRACTURE SYSTEM; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; SCALED LABORATORIES;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 85016668163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/15261-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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