Hydraulic fracturing to induce caving: Fracture model development and comparison to field data

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

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 251-259

  Jeffrey, R G ^a   Settari, A ^b   Mills, K W ^c   Zhang, X ^a   Detournay, E ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Taurus Reservoir Solutions Ltd   (United States)

^c SCT Operations Pty Ltd   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

FIELD DATA; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FREE SURFACES; PRESSURE RECORDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85049463281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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