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Petroleum engineering

index combining Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio from logs to rate how readily a shale fractures under hydraulic stimulation.

In petroleum engineering, shale brittleness index refers to index combining Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio from logs to rate how readily a shale fractures under hydraulic stimulation. This meaning comes from Rickman (2008) in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.[1]

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Recovery means
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References

Rickman, R., Mullen, M., Petre, E., Grieser, B., & Kundert, D. (2008). A Practical Use of Shale Petrophysics for Stimulation Design Optimization: All Shale Plays Are Not Clones of the Barnett Shale. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. https://doi.org/10.2118/115258-ms

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