Breaker enhancer for crosslinked borates: Novel self-generating acid

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1438-1444

  Maley, D ^a   O'Neil, B ^a  

^a Trican Well Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; CARRYING CAPABILITY; CONDUCTIVE PATHS; CONTROLLED RELEASE; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKS; FLOWBACK; FRACTURE RESERVOIRS; GEL POLYMERS; HIGH PH; HIGH SHEAR; HIGH STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU; INSOLUBLE POLYMERS; MULTIVALENT IONS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER RESIDUE; PROPPANT PACKS; PROPPANTS; RE-CROSSLINKING; RESIDUAL POLYMERS; WATER SENSITIVE; WELLBORE;

CLAY MINERALS; GELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYMERS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SILICATE MINERALS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 79952974798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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