Improving completion and stimulation effectiveness in unconventional reservoirs - Field results in the Eagle Ford Shale of North America

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE European Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 678-688

  Pope, C D ^a   Palisch, Terry ^b   Saldungaray, Pedro ^b  

^a Complete Shale ^*  (United States)

^b Carbo Ceramics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WELLS; PROPPANTS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; WELLHEADS;

COMPLETION METHODS; FIELD APPLICATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HORIZONTAL WELLBORES; PRESSURE RATINGS; SHALE FORMATION; TREATMENT DESIGN; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84861598651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/152839-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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