Hydraulic fracture design and well production results in the eagle ford shale: One operator's perspective

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 569-582

  Bazan, Lucas W ^a   Lattibeaudiere, Michael G ^b   Palisch, Terry T ^c  

^a Bazan Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b Rosetta Resources Inc   (United States)

^c CARBO Ceramics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; BASELINE DESIGN; DESIGN CHANGE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE DESIGN; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FRACTURE TREATMENT DESIGN; HYBRID FRACTURE DESIGNS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE DESIGN; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIPLE WELLS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; OPTIMAL TREATMENT; PRODUCTION DATA; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SLICK WATER; WELL PRODUCTION;

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE;

DESIGN;

EID: 84866039280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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