Water-fracs: We do need proppant after all

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1370-1384

  Britt, L K ^a   Smith, M B ^a   Haddad, Z ^b   Lawrence, P ^b   Chipperfield, S ^c,e   Hellman, T ^d,e  

^a NSI Technologies   (United States)

^b Devon Energy Corporation   (United Kingdom)

^c Santos Corp   (Brazil)

^d BP ^*

^e APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISCOSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CROSSLINKED GEL FRACTURE STIMULATIONS; FRACTURE FLUID CLEANUP; POWER LAW EFFECTS; WATER FRACS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 33750977576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/102227-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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