Modeling Fracture Fluid Cleanup in Hydraulic Fractures

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2239-2250

  Balhoff, Matthew ^a   Miller, Matthew J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; FRACTURING FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTURE MOBILITY RATIO;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 1142278767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77596-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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