Hydraulic fracturing under extreme HPHT conditions: Successful application of a new synthetic fluid in South Texas gas wells

Deep Gas Conference and Exhibition 2010, DGAS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 597-604

  Funkhouser, Gary P ^a   Holtsclaw, Jeremy ^a   Blevins, Joy J ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b El Paso E and P ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GASES; GELATION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PROPPANTS;

2-ACRYLAMIDO-2-METHYLPROPANESULFONIC ACID; BOTTOM HOLE STATIC TEMPERATURES; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HIGH PRESSURE/HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY TESTING; ONSET TEMPERATURE; POLYSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVES; SYNTHETIC FLUIDS;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 77954255046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/132173-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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