Water fracs and sand quantity: A Barnett Shale example

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4187-4194

  Coulter, Gerald R ^a   Benton, Edward G ^b   Thomson, Clifford L ^b  

^a Coulter Energy Int'l ^*  (United States)

^b Chief Oil and Gas LLC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

BARNETT SHALE; COMPLEX FRACTURE FAIRWAYS; CROSSLINKED GEL SYSTEMS; HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED FRACTURES;

SAND;

EID: 22044440301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/90891-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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