Proving It - A Review of 80 Published Field Studies Demonstrating the Importance of Increased Fracture Conductivity

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2875-2895

  Vincent, M C ^a  

^a CARBO Ceramics Inc   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DECELERATION; DEFORMATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL CASINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WELL STIMULATION;

FLUID VELOCITY; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 1142302958     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77675-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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