Effective Proppant Flowback Control Following Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in Shallow Reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2303-2311

  Stephenson, Chris J ^a   Crabb, Terry M ^a   Orrego, Guillermo Villa ^a   Khachatrian, Mikael B ^a  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PRESSURE DROP; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOWBACK CONTROL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; PROPPANTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142277200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84312-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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