Design formulae for 2-D and 3-D vertical hydraulic fractures: Model comparison and parametric studies

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Unconventional Gas Technology Symposium, UGT 1986

Volumn , Issue , 1986, Pages 391-401

  Meyer, B R ^a  

^a Meyer and Assocs Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN DIFFERENCES; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURING SIMULATORS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 85054345275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/15240-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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