Formation damage and impact on gas flow caused by biofilms growing within proppant packing used in hydraulic fracturing

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 862-869

  Bottero, S ^a   Picioreanu, C ^a   Enzien, M ^b   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Bruining, H ^a   Heimovaara, T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Dow Microbial Control   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM MODELS; CAPILLARY FORCE; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FILTER CAKES; FORMATION DAMAGE; FRACTURE DESIGN; FRACTURE FACE; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS FLOWS; GAS RESERVOIR; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MATRIX SWELLING; MICRO-SCALES; PORE VOLUME; PROPPANT-PACKED FRACTURES; PROPPANTS; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW MODEL; WATER-BLOCKING;

AERODYNAMICS; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DEWATERING; FLOW OF GASES; FRACTURE; GASES; GELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 77954235774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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