Aggressive fracturing slashes turbulence in high-permeability gas wells

World Oil

Volumn 225, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 73-79

  Wang, Xiuli ^a   Economides, Michael J ^b,c  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Texas Energy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERMEABILITY GAS WELLS; NEGATIVE SKIN EFFECTS; PHASING; TIP SCREENOUT (TSO) TECHNIQUE;

FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RADIAL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WELL PRESSURE;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 3943102737     PISSN: 00438790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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