Masters Theses

Characterization of a horizontal hydraulic fracture in the Warner Sandstone of Nevada, Missouri

Abstract

Hydraulic fracturing.||"This study confirms and characterizes a horizontal fracture induced by hydraulically fracturing the Pennsylvanian Warner Sandstone located in Vernon County Missouri. The fracture is verified using tiltmeters and pressure analysis. This work is significant because hydraulic fracturing previously performed in the Warner Sandstone has not been characterized and, in general, pressure analysis is not commonly applied in shallow fracturing operations. A background review of heavy oil sands in Western Missouri is included and a partial review of hydraulic fracturing theory is given"--Abstract, page iii.

Department(s)

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Petroleum Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Summer 2004

Pagination

xvi, 229 pages

Geographic Coverage

Vernon County (Mo.)

Rights

© 2004 Richard George Duff, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Sandstone -- Missouri -- Vernon County Region

Thesis Number

T 8625

Print OCLC #

62269170

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