Performance enhancements in metal-crosslinked fracturing fluid

Society of Petroleum Engineers - North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition 2012, NATC 2012: Managing Hydrocarbon Resources in a Changing Environment

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1267-1272

  Kalgaonkar, Rajendra ^a   Patil, Prajakta ^a  

^a Halliburton ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX IONS; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSS-LINKERS; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKER; DOWNHOLES; EXTENT OF CROSS-LINKING; FLUID CHEMISTRY; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; HIGH SHEAR; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POLYMERIC GELS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; PROPPANTS; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPERATURE LIMITATION; TEMPERATURE STABILITY; TUBULARS; VISCOSITY PROPERTIES; WELLBORE;

BOREHOLES; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84865778525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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