Surface area vs conductivity type fracture treatments in shale reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 239-253

  Ramurthy, Muthukumarappan ^a   Barree, Robert D ^b   Kundert, Donald P ^a   Petre, Erik ^c   Mullen, Mike ^d  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Barree and Associates   (United States)

^c Hunt Oil Company and Mike Mullen   (United States)

^d Realm Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINELL HARDNESS TESTING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL SHALE;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE INJECTION TESTS; FRACTURE TREATMENT; LARGE SURFACE AREA; OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79959464123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/140169-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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