Simulation of proppant distribution effect on well performance in shale gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2013 - Unconventional Becoming Conventional: Lessons Learned and New Innovations

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1116-1126

  Yu, Wei ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GASES; GEOMECHANICS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SHALE GAS;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; GAS WELL PRODUCTIVITIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; PROPPANT CONCENTRATIONS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

PROPPANTS;

EID: 84897566347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/167225-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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