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Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing is a well stimulation technique that induces artificial fractures in low-permeability subsurface formations through the injection of pressurized fluid, sand, and chemical additives to enhance hydrocarbon flow to the wellbore.

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Injection-Induced Earthquakes

William L. Ellsworth · Science · 2013 · 2.4K citations

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Mechanics Of Hydraulic Fracturing

M. King Hubbert, David G. Willis · Transactions of the AIME · 1957 · 2.1K citations

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Widths of Hydraulic Fractures

T.K. Perkins, L.R. Kern · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 1961 · 1.4K citations

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Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations

Robert W. Howarth, Renee Santoro, Anthony R. Ingraffea · Climatic Change · 2011 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing

Stephen G. Osborn, Avner Vengosh, Nathaniel R. Warner et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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    Mukul M. Sharma

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    98 publications · 3.8K citations

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    Mark D. Zoback

    Stanford University, United States

    54 publications · 4.7K citations

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    N. R. Warpinski

    Sandia National Laboratories California, United States

    56 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. DE
    Derek Elsworth

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    45 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Kamy Sepehrnoori

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    39 publications · 2.6K citations

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  1. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    82 h-index

    2.2K publications

    106K citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    74 h-index

    852 publications

    49.3K citations

  3. Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

    Road Town, British Virgin Islands

    63 h-index

    1.4K publications

    62.1K citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    60 h-index

    768 publications

    30.2K citations

  5. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    59 h-index

    884 publications

    38.8K citations

  6. Halliburton (United Kingdom)

    Arbroath, United Kingdom

    57 h-index

    1.3K publications

    38.4K citations

  7. China University of Petroleum, East China

    Qingdao, China

    56 h-index

    1.1K publications

    45.1K citations

  8. Southwest Petroleum University

    Chengdu, China

    53 h-index

    1.4K publications

    48.4K citations

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  1. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

    429 publications · 21.2K citations

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  2. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 639 publications · 25.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

    300 publications · 14.4K citations

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  4. SPE Journal

    215 publications · 11.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Petroleum Technology

    JPT · 219 publications · 16.3K citations

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See also

Hydraulic Fracturing

Core Methods

Environmental Impacts

Materials

Geologic Requirements

Monitoring Techniques