Case studies: Impact of high salt tolerant friction reducers on fresh water conservation in Canadian shale fracturing treatments

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1740-1753

  Paktinat, Javad ^a   O'Neil, Bill ^a   Tulissi, Michael ^a  

^a Trican Well Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE WATER; CASE HISTORY; COMPARISON STUDY; COST ADVANTAGES; DISSOLVED SALT; DYNAMIC FRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD DATA; FINGER PRINT; FLOWBACK; FRAC TREATMENTS; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; FRESH WATER; FRICTION PRESSURE; FRICTION REDUCTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RATE; LOOP FLOW; LOW PERMEABILITY; MULTI-STAGE; POST-FRACTURE; PRODUCED WATER; PROPPANTS; PUMPING RATE; REGULATORY AGENCIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SALT TOLERANT; SHALE FORMATION; SLICK WATER; SLICKWATER FRACTURING; TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS; TREATMENT METHODS;

BRINES; DISTILLATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); FRACTURING FLUIDS; FRICTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYMERS; REMOVAL; RESEARCH; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; TRIBOLOGY; WATER;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 84860646332     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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