Pulsed fracturing in shale reservoirs: Geomechanical aspects, ductile-brittle transition and field implications

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2013, URTC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Reza Safari, M ^a   Gandikota, Raju ^a   Mutlu, Uno ^a   Ji, Missy ^a   Glanville, Jonathan ^b   Abass, Hazim ^c  

^a Weatherford ^*  (United States)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c Aramco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; BOREHOLES; BRITTLENESS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DUCTILITY; EXPLOSIVES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PLASTICITY; RESOURCE VALUATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMECHANICS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DUCTILE BRITTLE TRANSITION; DUCTILE TO BRITTLE TRANSITIONS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURING TECHNIQUES; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION;

LOADING;

EID: 85048306071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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