High strength, ultralightweight proppant lends new dimensions to hydraulic fracturing applications

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-221

  Rickards, Allan R ^a   Brannon, Harold D ^a   Wood, William D ^a   Stephenson, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

^b Proppant Conductivity Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY; UTRAWEIGHT PROPPANT;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

DENSITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRESS RESISTANCE;

JUGLANS;

EID: 33745787901     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84308-pa     Document Type: Article

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