A comparative study of flowback rate and pressure transient behavior in multifractured horizontal wells completed in tight gas and oil reservoirs

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-93

  Abbasi, Majid Ali ^a   Ezulike, Daniel Obinna ^a   Dehghanpour, Hassan ^a   Hawkes, Robert V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Trican Well Services ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Flowback; Fracture characterization; Multistage hydraulic fracturing; Rate transient analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLOWBACK; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE-MATRIX INTERFACE; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; MULTI-FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS;

CHARACTERIZATION; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 84893428914     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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