Downhole tiltmeter fracture mapping: A new tool for direct measurement of hydraulic fracture growth

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

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1061-1068

  Wright, C A ^a   Davis, E J ^a   Wang, G ^a   Weijers, L ^a  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EARLY TERMINATION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE MAPPING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; REAL TIME ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85039532864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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