Need stress relief? A new approach to reducing stress cycling induced proppant pack failure

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 659-673

  Rickards, Allan ^a   Lacy, Lewis ^a   Brannon, Harold ^a   Stephenson, Chris ^a   Bilden, Dean ^a  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; LABORATORIES; OIL WELLS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; STRESS RELIEF; AGENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROSITY;

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CYCLE FREQUENCIES; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE WIDTH; LABORATORY FACILITIES; PROPPANT FLOWBACK; WELL PERFORMANCE; WELL PRODUCTION;

PROPPANTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

PROPPANTS; STRESS CYCLING;

EID: 0031637071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/49247-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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