Water blocking damage in hydraulically fractured tight sand gas reservoirs: An example from Perth Basin, Western Australia

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 88-89, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-106

  Bahrami, Hassan ^a   Rezaee, Reza ^a   Clennell, Ben ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing; Phase trapping; Reservoir simulation; Tight sand gas reservoirs; Water blocking damage; Well productivity

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRAPPING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; TIGHT SAND GAS; WATER BLOCKING DAMAGE; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUIDS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862267907     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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