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Modeling hydraulic fractures in finite difference simulators using amalgam local grid refinement (LGR)

Azim et al., 2013

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146820528788552859
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Azim R
Abdelmoneim S
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Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology

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Hydraulic fracturing allows numerous, otherwise unproductive, low-permeability hydrocarbon formations to be produced. The interactions between the fractures and the heterogeneous reservoir rock, however, are quite complex, which makes it quite difficult to …
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