Controlling proppant flow back to maintain fracture conductivity and minimize workovers - Lessons learned from 1,500 fracturing treatments

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 15-29

  Trela, Jim M ^a   Nguyen, Philip D ^a   Smith, Billy R ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FRACTURE; LOCKS (FASTENERS); RESINS; TEMPERATURE;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CURABLE; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; PRODUCTION PROBLEMS; PRODUCTION RATES; PROPPANT FLOWBACK;

PROPPANTS;

EID: 70449921948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/112461-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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