Fracture orientation and proppant selection for optimizing production in horizontal wells

SPE Oil and Gas India Conference and Exhibition 2010, OGIC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 666-678

  Shah, Subhash N ^a,b   Vincent, M C ^a,c   Rodriquez, Robert ^a,d   Palisch, Terry ^a,e  

^a SPE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Insight Consulting

^d StrataGen Engineering

^e CARBO Ceramics ^*

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EID: 77954228808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/128612-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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