Effect of gel damage on fracture fluid cleanup and long-term recovery in tight gas reservoirs

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-118

  Wang, John Yilin ^a,b   Holditch, Stephen A ^a   McVay, Duane A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture fluid cleanup; Gel damage; Hydraulic fracturing; Tight gas reservoirs

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; CRUSHING; FLOW OF GASES; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; PROPPANTS; TIGHT GAS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; YIELD STRESS;

FRACTURE FLUID CLEANUP; GEL DAMAGES; LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NON-DARCY FLOW EFFECTS; PROPPANT CONCENTRATIONS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84863222040     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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