What do the surface pressures tell us during shale-fracturing operations?

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 321-335

  Augustine, J ^a   Meijs, R ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHALE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; INTERVAL COMPLETION; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; PROPPANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT PRESSURES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77954222325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/127821-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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