Valhall Field: Horizontal Well Stimulations "Acid vs. Proppant" and Best Practices for Fracture Optimization

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2947-2963

  Olson, Karen E ^a   Olsen, Eivind ^a   Haidar, Sami ^b   Boulatsel, Alexandre ^c   Brekke, Kristian ^d  

^a BP Norway ^*  (Norway)

^b Fracture Technologies

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d PTI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL FLOODING; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP;

ACID STABILITY CORE TESTING; FLANK DEVELOPMENT; PROPPANT FRACTURES; WELL BORES;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 1142276539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84392-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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