Real-time downhole monitoring of hydraulic fracturing treatments using fibre optic distributed temperature and acoustic sensing

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 726-738

  Molenaar, Mathieu M ^a   Fidan, Erkan ^a   Hill, David J ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b QinetiQ OptaSense   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GAS INDUSTRY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TESTING; WELL STIMULATION;

COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES; DOWN-HOLE MONITORING; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FRACTURE DIAGNOSTICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84861648462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/152981-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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