Proppant distribution in multistage hydraulic fractured wells: A large-scale inside-casing investigation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 453-462

  Crespo, Freddy ^a   Aven, Nevil Kunnath ^a   Cortez, Janette ^a   Soliman, M Y ^b   Bokane, Atul ^a   Jain, Siddharth ^a   Deshpande, Yogesh ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FLUID SPECIFIC GRAVITY; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; MULTIPLE PAY ZONES; MULTISTAGE FRACTURING; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MULTIPLE ZONES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESOURCE VALUATION;

PROPPANTS;

EID: 84880488514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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