Optimizing frac packs

Oilfield Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 18-29

  Gadiyar, Bala ^a   Meese, Craig ^b   Stimatz, Greg ^b   Morales, Hugo ^a   Piedras, Jose ^c   Profinet, Jérôme ^c   Watson, Graham ^a  

^a Marathon Oil Company ^*

^b MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID PROPERTIES; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY; PREFERRED FRACTURE PLANE (PFP); TIP-SCREENOUT (TSO) FRACTURING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; INSTALLATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OFFSHORE PIPELINES; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DROP; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLURRIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WELL PERFORATION;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 10044295182     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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