Natural proppants for hydraulic fracture production optimization in Eagle Ford shale

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Regional Meeting 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 441-456

  Yang, Mei ^a   Economides, Michael J ^b  

^a Cadre Proppants ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE STRESS; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE DESIGN; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; GAS RESERVOIR; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MAXIMUM NPV; MESH SIZE; NATURAL FRACTURE; NATURAL SAND; NET PRESENT VALUE; NON-DARCY EFFECTS; OIL RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY TEST; POST TREATMENT; PRESSURE RANGES; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; PROPPANT NUMBER; PROPPANT PACKS; PROPPANT PERMEABILITY; PROPPANTS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; SHALE FORMATION; SHALLOW RESERVOIRS; STRESS ANISOTROPY; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; WELL PERFORMANCE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SAND; SHALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84861594524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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