Impact of liquid loading in hydraulic fractures on well productivity

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 253-268

  Agrawal, Samarth ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; GAS PRODUCTIVITY; LIQUID BLOCKING; LIQUID LOADING; LOW MATRIX PERMEABILITY; LOW PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WATER LEVELS;

LOADING;

EID: 84880460209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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