How "fracture conductivity is king" and "waterfracs work" can both be valid statements in the same reservoir

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2011, CURC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1012-1027

  McDaniel, B W ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; EMULSIFICATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPPANTS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE STIMULATION; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; LABORATORY TESTING; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPES; TREATMENT VOLUMES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84860564790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/148781-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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