A simple and accurate model for well productivity for hydraulically fractured wells

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-460

  Friehauf, Kyle E ^a   Suri, Ajay ^b   Sharma, Mukul M ^c  

^a Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIAL FLOW; WATER LEVELS;

ACCURATE MODELING; CAPILLARY PROPERTIES; FINITE-CONDUCTIVITY FRACTURES; FRACTURE FACE DAMAGES; FRACTURE PERFORMANCE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; WELL PRODUCTIVITY; WELL PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RADIAL FLOW; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650165845     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/119264-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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