High-porosity fractures yield high conductivity

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3445-3454

  Parker, M ^a   Glasbergen, G ^a   Van Batenburg, D ^a   Weaver, J ^a   Slabaugh, B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURING FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY (FC); HIGH-POROSITY FRACTURES; PACKED PROPPANT;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 33644795781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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