Optimum fracture treatment design minimizes the impact of non-Darcy flow effects

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1725-1740

  Lopez Hernandez, Henry D ^a   Valko, Peter P ^a   Pham, Tai T ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b El Paso Production   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OIL WELLS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY OF GASES;

INERTIAL FORCE; NON-DARCY FLOW; PRESSURE DROWDOWN; PROPPANT NUMBER;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 22044449915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90195-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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