Simulation of gel damage on fracture fluid cleanup and long-term recovery in tight gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Eastern Regional/AAPG Eastern Section Joint Meeting 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 202-215

  Wang, Yilin ^a,b   Holditch, Stephen A ^a   McVay, Duane A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sklar Exploration Company

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; CRUSHING; FLOW OF GASES; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; PROPPANTS; TIGHT GAS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; YIELD STRESS;

FRACTURE FLUID CLEANUP; LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NON-DARCY FLOW EFFECTS; PROPPANT CONCENTRATIONS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 70349461273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117444-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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