Diagnostic techniques to understand hydraulic fracturing: What? Why? and how?

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium 2000, GTS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Wright, C A ^a  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE TESTING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; WELL TESTING;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ECONOMIC DECISIONS; FRACTURE DIAGNOSTICS; FRACTURE DIMENSIONS; MICROSEISMIC FRACTURE MAPPING; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85088067057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/59735-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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