Combination of microhydraulic fracturing and wellbore images provides measurement of the full stress tensor: A case study

SPWLA 46th Annual Logging Symposium 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Desroches, J ^a   Wileveau, Y ^b   Etchecopar, A ^a   Diaz, E ^a   Cantini, S ^a   Blum, M S ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b ANDRA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; TENSORS; WELL DRILLING;

GEOMECHANICAL APPLICATIONS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; HORIZONTAL WELLBORES; MICRO-HYDRAULIC; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RESERVOIR STIMULATIONS; WELLBORE STABILITY; WIRELINE FORMATION TESTER;

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EID: 85055176619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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