Improving fracture fluid performance and controlling formation fines migration with the same agent: Is it achievable?

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2013, IPTC 2013: Challenging Technology and Economic Limits to Meet the Global Energy Demand

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 4703-4710

  Huang, Tianping ^a   Clark, David E ^b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID-LOSS CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; HYDROPHOBIC COMPONENTS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; SURFACTANT MICELLES; THEORETICAL MODELING; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84883440879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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