Surface-area vs. conductivity-type fracture treatments in shale reservoirs

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-367

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

^a Halliburton's Rocky Mt Tech Team   (United States)

^b Geological Storage Consultants   (United States)

^c Hunt Oil Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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;

CONDUCTIVITY; CORE ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL SHALE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION COST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE; SURFACE AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555179075     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/140169-PA     Document Type: Article

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