Is formation damage an issue in shale gas development?

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-26

  Wang, Q ^a   Guo, B ^a   Gao, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; GASES; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPPANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS;

DAMAGING MECHANISM; FORMATION DAMAGE; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; GAS DEVELOPMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; PROPPANT EMBEDMENT; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84861383870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/149623-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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