The Results of Increased Fracture Conductivity on Well Performance in a Mature East Texas Gas Field

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2231-2242

  Flowers, J R ^a   Hupp, M T ^a   Ryan, J D ^b  

^a Carbo Ceramics Inc   (United States)

^b Ely and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GELS; HYDRAULICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELLS; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISCOSITY;

PROPPANT CONDUCTIVITY; PROPPANT SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142289342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84307-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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