Hydraulic Fracturing

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• Blanks, G.L., 1976, Incorporation of temperature with gamma ray logging techniques in analyzing fracture placement: Stimulation of Low Permeability Reservoirs Symposium, Golden, Colo., 1976, Proceedings, p. 105-134.



• Daneshy, A.A., 1973, Experimental investigation of hydraulic fracturing through perforations: Society of Petroleum Engineers of American Institute of Mining Engineers Paper SPE 4333, 12 p.



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• Daneshy, A.A., and Conrad, N., 1978, Fluid pressure variations during hydraulic fracturing: National Academy of Science and Natural Resources Council, 19th Annual U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Stateline, Nev., May, p. 8-15.



• Daniel, Gene, and White, Jerry, 1980, Fundamentals of fracturing: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 9064, 8 p.



• Gale, J.E., and Welhan, J.A., 1975, Hydrogeology of fractured media in the Halifax area: Environment Canada Report Series no. 42, p. 17-29.



• Greenfield, R.J., and Shuck, L.Z., 1977, Hydraulic fracture mapping using electrical potential measurements: In Situ, v. 1, no. 2, p. 147-169.



• Hanson, M.E., and others, 1976, Quarterly Report: The LLL massive hydraulic fracturing program for gas stimulation July-September 1976: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 15 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report UCRL-50036-76-3.]



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• Hubbert, M.K., and Willis, D.G., 1958, Mechanics of hydraulic fracturing: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Engineers Petroleum Transactions, 1957, v. 210, p. 153-166.



• Marine, I.W., 1980, Comparison of laboratory, in situ, and rock mass measurements of the hydraulic conductivity of metamorphic rock at the Savannah River Plant near Aiken, South Carolina: Savannah River Laboratory, 18 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report DP-MS-80-7.]



• McLennan, J.D., 1983, Rock mechanics evaluation of the cardium formation: Petroleum Society of CIM, Annual Technical Meeting, 34th, Banff, Canada, Paper no. 83-34-38, 18 p.



• Northrop, D.A., Warpinski, N.R., and Schmidt, R.A., 1979, EGR stimulation research project--direct observation of hydraulic and dynamic fracturing: 5th Dept. of Energy Symposium on Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, Tulsa, Okla., August, 12 p.



• Paillet, F.L., Williams, J.H., and Hess, A.E., 1999, A wireline-operated downhole packer for hydraulic measurements in boreholes, in Powers, M.H., Cramer, Lynn, and Bell, R.S., comp. and eds., Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, March 14-18, 1999: Wheat Ridge, Colo., Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, p. 841-850.



• Palen, W.A., and Narasimhan, T.N., 1981, The roles of pore pressure and fluid flow in the hydraulic fracture process: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, DE81 029886, 197 p.



• Peeters, M., and Hartley, R., 1984, Induced fracture height detection from wireline logs: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 25th, New Orleans, La., 1984, Transactions, p. GGG1-GGG16.



• Pierce, A.E., Vela, Saul, and Koonce, K.T., 1975, Determination of the compass orientation and length of hydraulic fractures by pulse testing: Journal of Petroleum Technology, December, p. 1433-38.



• Power, D.V., and others, 1975, Detection of hydraulic fracture orientation dimensions in cased wells: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 5626, 7 p.



• Schimschal, Ulrich, 1981, Logging hydraulic conductivity during injection testing in fractured dolomites: Log Analyst, v. 22, no. 6, p. 7-12.



• Shuter, Eugene, and Pemberton, R.R., 1978, Inflatable straddle packers and associated equipment for hydraulic fracturing and hydrologic testing: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 78-55, 20 p.



• Teufel, L.W., and Warpinski, N.R., 1982, In-situ stress variations and hydraulic-fracture containment in layered rock--Observations from a mineback experiment [abs]: Sandia National Laboratories, 3 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report SAND--82-0282C.]



• Tindell, W.A., and Neal, J.K., 1980, Evolution of fracturing in the Oak Hill field: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 9067, 12 p.



• Wittrisch, C., and Sarda, J.P., 1987, SIMFRAC--Method for mapping hydraulic fractures: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 28th, London, England, 1987, Transactions, p. RR1-RR15.



• Wolff, R.G., and others, 1975, Stress determination by hydraulic fracturing in subsurface waste injection: Journal of the American Water Works Association, v. 67, no. 9, p. 519-524.



• Wright, D.L., and Lane, J.W., Jr., 1998, Mapping hydraulically permeable fractures using directional borehole radar and hole-to-hole tomography with a saline tracer: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems, Chicago, Ill., 1998 [Proceedings], p. 379-388.



• Zoback, M.D., 1978, A simple hydraulic fracturing technique for determining fracture toughness: National Academy of Science and Natural Resources Council, 19th Annual U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Stateline, Nev., May, p. 83-85.



• Zoback, M.D., Healy, J.H., and Roller, J.C., 1977, Preliminary stress measurements in central California using the hydraulic fracturing technique: Pure Applied Geophysics, v. 115, no. 1-2, p. 135-152.