Economic and physical optimization of hydraulic fracturing

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-112

  Marongiu Porcu, M ^a   Economides, M J ^a   Holditch, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ECONOMIC VARIABLES; FRACTURE TREATMENTS; HIGH-PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY FRACTURING;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 44349160787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/111793-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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