The future of fracturing-fluid technology and rates of hydrocarbon recovery

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1220-1232

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

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; OFFSHORE GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE GAS WELLS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROPPANTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; DISPERSED NANOPARTICLES; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 58849166979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/115475-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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