Improved understanding of proppant transport yields new insight to the design and placement of fracturing treatments

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2899-2910

  Brannon, H D ^a   Wood, W D ^a   Wheeler, R S ^a  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY;

FLUID SLURRY; FRACTURE LENGTH; PROPPANT; PROPPANT-PACK DAMAGE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 33750968199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/102758-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Rickards, Allan R., Brannon, Harold D., Wood, William D., and Stephenson, Christopher J: "High Strength, Ultra-Lightweight Proppant Lends New Dimensions to Hydraulic Fracturing Applications" paper SPE 84308 presented at the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, October 5-8.
2. Wood, William D., Brannon, Harold D., Rickards, Allan R., and Stephenson, Christopher J: "Ultra-Lightweight Proppant Development Yields Exciting New Opportunities in Hydraulic Fracturing Design" paper SPE 84309, presented at the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, October 5-8.
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