Pushing the Limits in Hydraulic Fracture Design

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 239-248

  Demarchos, A S ^a   Chomatas, A S ^a   Economides, M J ^a   Mach, J M ^b   Wolcott, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Yukos ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX (PI); PROPPANT NUMBER; UNIFIED FRACTURE DESIGN (UFD);

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RHEOLOGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 2342431875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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