Poroelastic concepts explain some of the hydraulic fracturing mechanisms

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

Volumn , Issue , 1986, Pages 629-637

  Detournay, E ^a   McLennan, J D ^a   Roegiers, J C ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; SOLVENTS;

BREAKDOWN PRESSURE; COUPLING MECHANISM; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURING MECHANISMS; GENERAL EQUATIONS; POROELASTIC MODEL; PROPAGATION PRESSURES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85054901151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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