Use of frac-pack pressure data to determine breakdown conditions and reservoir properties

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 75-83

  Barree, R D ^a   Rogers, B A ^a   Rogers, W C Chu ^a  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAKAGE (FLUID); ESTIMATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL CASINGS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE; SAND CONSOLIDATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WELL PERFORATION;

CASING PRESSURE; FLUID VISCOSITY; FRAC-PACK COMPLETIONS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE FALLOFF; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SAND CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE-TREATING; BREAKDOWN CONDITIONS; FRAC PACK PRESSURE; GRAVEL PACK; ROCK PROPERTIES; SKIN FACTOR; ZONE THICKNESS;

FRACTURE; OIL WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 0029767217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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