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The influence of fracture stiffness and the in situ stress field on the closure of natural fractures

Hillis, 1998

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Hillis R
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Petroleum Geoscience

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The extent to which the aperture of natural fractures is reduced, and they are rendered closed and unproductive by the in situ stress field in the subsurface, is critical to planning the exploitation of naturally fractured reservoirs. The semi-log relation between stress and the …
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