Acid-Fracturing Treatment: A Surface-Topography Analysis of Acid-Etched Fractures to Determine Residual Conductivity

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-162

  Ruffet, Clotilde S ^a   Féry, Jean Jacques ^b   Onaisi, Atef ^c  

^a CST/FOR Domaine de Beauplan   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Ecole Centrale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; ETCHING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 0348230844     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/38175-PA     Document Type: Article

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