Assessment and prediction of erosion in completion systems under hydraulic fracturing operations using computational fluid dynamics

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 4679-4698

  Farahani, Rezsa ^a   Lastiwka, Marty ^a   Langer, Doug ^a   Demirdal, Barkim ^a   Matthews, Cam ^a   Jensen, John ^b   Reilly, Adam ^b  

^a C FER Technologies   (United States)

^b EnCana Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUTS; EROSION; FRACTURE; HAZARDS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOCATION; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS; TUBING; WELL EQUIPMENT; WELLHEADS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; FRACTURING PARAMETER; OPERATING CONDITION; PRODUCTION CASINGS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84856745407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/147514-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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