New technology improves performance of viscoelastic surfactant fluids

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Crews, James B ^a   Huang, Tianping ^a   Wood, W Russell ^a  

^a BAKER OIL TOOLS

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; WELL STIMULATION;

ACID DIVERTING; FLUID LEAKOFF; FLUID LOSS-CONTROL; GRAVELPACKING; PROPPANT PACK;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

ACIDIZATION; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; WELL STIMULATION;

CONDUCTIVITY; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SURFACTANT; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 42549096544     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/103118-pa     Document Type: Article

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