Analysis of hydraulic fracturing of high permeability gas wells to reduce non-Darcy skin effects

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 56-63

  Settari, Tony A ^a   Stark, Albert J ^b   Jones, Jack R ^b  

^a Duke Engineering and Services   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SKIN EFFECT; TURBULENCE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

NON-DARCY SKIN EFFECTS; FRACTURE LENGTH; FRACTURE RATES; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH PERMEABILITY GAS WELLS; NON-DARCY; NON-DARCY FLOW; PERMEABILITY GAS RESERVOIR; POST-FRACTURE; RATE DEPENDENT; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; FRACTURE;

EID: 0343878097     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/00-05-04     Document Type: Article

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