Damage mechanisms in unconventional gas well stimulation - A new look at an old problem

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2011, UGAS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 275-290

  Shaoul, Josef ^a   Van Zelm, Lars ^b   De Pater, C J ^a  

^a StrataGen Delft ^*  (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANISM; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; FIRST YEAR; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE FACE DAMAGES; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FRACTURE LENGTH; FRACTURE STIMULATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS RATES; GAS WELL; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY DAMAGE; POOR PERFORMANCE; POST-FRACTURE; PRODUCTION DATA; PROPPANT PACKS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR DAMAGE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESERVOIR VOLUME; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL SCALE; STRESS SENSITIVE;

FRACTURE; GASES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS; WELL STIMULATION;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 79956303532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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