Modeling fracture fluid cleanup in tight gas wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 661-673

  Wang, John 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

FLOW OF WATER; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NATURAL GAS WELLS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; TIGHT GAS; YIELD STRESS;

FRACTURE FLUID CLEANUP; FRACTURE TREATMENT; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 70449559303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/119624-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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