Successful hybrid Slickwater-Fracture design evolution: An east Texas Cotton Valley Taylor case history

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-424

  Handren, Patrick ^a   Palisch, Terry ^b  

^a Operations Engineer with Denbury Resources   (United States)

^b Carbo Ceramics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; GAS INDUSTRY; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPPANTS;

GAS PRODUCTIONS; HYBRID FRACTURE DESIGNS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE DESIGN; PARTIALLY DEPLETED; PLACEMENT DESIGNS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; PUMPING STRATEGIES; RESIN COATED SANDS;

FRACTURE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMAGE MECHANICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; RESIN; WELL COMPLETION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 70349686610     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/110451-PA     Document Type: Article

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