Effect of pressurization rate and initial pore pressure on the magnitude of hydrofracturing breakdown pressure in Tablerock sandstone

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 235-242

  Song, I ^a   Haimson, B C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BREAKDOWN PRESSURE; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAR-FIELD STRESS; FRACTURE INITIATION; HOLLOW CYLINDERS; HYDRO-FRACTURING; PRESSURIZATION RATES; WELLBORE PRESSURIZATIONS;

PRESSURIZATION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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