Geomechanical study of bakken formation for improved oil recovery

ISRM International Symposium on Rock Mechanics, SINOROCK 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zeng, Zhengwen ^a   Jiang, Annan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFILL DRILLING; INTEGRATION TESTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESSES; WELL LOGGING;

CRUDE OIL RESOURCES; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; GEOMECHANICAL STUDIES; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; IN-SITU STRESS FIELD; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH; RECOVERY FACTORS;

GEOMECHANICS;

EID: 85048496016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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