Monitoring Fracturing Fluid Flowback and Optimizing Fracturing Fluid Cleanup in the Bossier Sand Using Chemical Frac Tracers

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3821-3832

  Woodroof Jr , R A ^a   Asadi, M ^a   Leonard, R S ^a   Rainbolt, M ^b  

^a Integrated Reservoir Solutions Division

^b Matador Petroleum Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FRAC TRACERS (CFT);

DEHYDRATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; POROSITY; SAND; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 1142264307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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