The texture of acidized fracture surfaces: Implications for acid fracture conductivity

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-352

  Malagon, Camilo ^a   Pournik, Maysam ^b   Hill, A D ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; ETCHING; PROFILOMETRY; ROCKS; TEXTURES; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACID FRACTURING; ACID FRACTURING TREATMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL ETCHING; ETCHED FRACTURE; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE SURFACES; SURFACE PROFILES; SURFACE PROFILOMETERS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

CONDUCTIVITY; DIGITAL IMAGE; DISSOLUTION; ETCHING; FRACTURE NETWORK; SOURCE ROCK; TEXTURE;

EID: 52149123986     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/102167-pa     Document Type: Article

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