Maximizing fracture conductivity with proppant partial monolayers: Theoretical curiosity or highly productive reality?

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3569-3591

  Brannon, Harold D ^a   Malone, Mark R ^a   Rickards, Allan R ^a   Wood, William D ^a   Edgeman, J Randall ^a   Bryant, Josh L ^b  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY

^b HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROSSLINKING; DATA ACQUISITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRICTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONOLAYERS; OIL WELLS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FLUID SPECIFIC GRAVITY; PROPPANT PARTIAL MONOLAYERS; SLICKWATER FRACTURING; ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANTS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 22044440574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90698-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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