Performance enhancements of viscoelastic surfactant stimulation fluids with nanoparticles

70th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2008: Leveraging Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 2076-2086

  Crews, James B ^a   Huang, Tianping ^a  

^a BAKER OIL TOOLS

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICELLES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROPPANTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHARGED NANOPARTICLES; CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOPARTICLE TECHNOLOGIES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 71049154069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113533-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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