Improved proppant transport system for slickwater shale fracturing

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2203-2212

  Kostenuk, N ^a   Browne, D J ^a  

^a Trican Well Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GASOLINE; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VISCOSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; RESERVOIR MODELLING; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; SIMULATED FIELD CONDITIONS; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

PROPPANTS;

EID: 79952916446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137818-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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