Two novel multistage fracturing processes for unconventional reservoirs: Unique approach for branch-fracturing stimulation

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 138-148

  Stanojcic, M ^a   Rispler, K ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; COILED TUBING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PACKERS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; TIGHT GAS;

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; MULTISTAGE FRACTURING; SLICKWATER FRACTURING TREATMENTS; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACHES; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79952846913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/136581-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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