Impact of completion design on fracture complexity in horizontal wells

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 3754-3764

  Manchanda, Ripudaman ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPPANTS; STRESSES; WELL COMPLETION;

EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; FRACTURE COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; SITU HORIZONTAL STRESS; STRESS REORIENTATION; SURROUNDING ROCK; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84874079316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/159899-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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