Engineering a successful fracture-stimulation treatment in the eagle ford shale

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Tight Gas Completions Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 90-109

  Stegent, N A ^a   Wagner, A L ^a   Mullen, J ^a   Borstmayer, R E ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Geo Southern Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROCARBONS; PROPPANTS; SWELLING; TIGHT GAS; WELL COMPLETION;

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE STIMULATION; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; LOW YOUNG'S MODULUS; PROPPANT EMBEDMENT; STIMULATION DESIGN; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 79952791282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/136183-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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