Avoiding Proppant Flowback in Tight-Gas Completions with Improved Fracture Design

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2277-2287

  Canon, Javier M ^a   Romero, Diego J ^b   Pham, Tai T ^b   Valko, Peter P ^a  

^a Texas A and M U   (United States)

^b El Paso Production Co ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

PROPPANT FLOWBACK; TIGHT GAS COMPLETIONS;

WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 1142301497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/84310-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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