Gas or oil producer? Layered? Laminated? - Basic guiding principles we should understand for effective fracture stimulation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 546-558

  McDaniel, B W ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; WELL COMPLETION;

DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN SIMULATOR; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; FLUID VISCOSITY; FORMATION PORE PRESSURE; FRACTURE STIMULATION; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 70349469957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/118348-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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