Optimization Strategies for Hydraulic Fractures in High Permeability Reservoirs

Proceedings of the Middle East Oil Show

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 382-395

  Aggour, Tamir ^a  

^a Cawley Gillespie and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINATED RESERVOIRS;

ALGORITHMS; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642479877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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