Investigation of flow behavior of slickwater in large straight and coiled tubing

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-79

  Shah, S N ^a   Ahmed Kamel, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRAG REDUCTION; FORECASTING; FRACTURING FLUIDS; FRICTION; SECONDARY FLOW; SHEAR FLOW;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE DIMENSIONS; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER DEGRADATION; PRODUCTION RESPONSE; SLICKWATER FRACTURING;

COILED TUBING;

CURVATURE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE FLOW; GEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMER; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77949822223     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/118949-PA     Document Type: Article

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