CT-deployed hydrajet perforating in horizontal completions provides new approaches to multistage hydraulic fracturing applications

2006 SPE-ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 314-329

  McDaniel, B W ^a   Marshall, E J ^a   East, L E ^a   Surjaatmadja, J B ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TUBING;

COILED TUBING (CT); COST CONSTRAINTS; HYDRAJETS; WELLBORES;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 33745470308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/100157-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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