Effect of foam quality on effectiveness of hydraulic fracturing in shales

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 273-285

  Gu, M ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam; Fracture simulation; Hydraulic fracturing; Proppant transport; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPPANTS;

FOAM RHEOLOGY; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURE SIMULATIONS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS PRODUCTIVITY; HIGH QUALITY; PROPPANT CONCENTRATIONS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; ROCK PERMEABILITY;

SHALE GAS;

FOAM; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84901979236     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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