The optimal hydraulic fracture geometry under non-darcy flow effects

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 128-145

  Zeng, Fanhua ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; WELL STIMULATION;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMICAL BENEFITS; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; NON-DARCY FLOW EFFECTS; OPTIMAL FRACTURE LENGTHS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 70449091714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114285-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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