A Critical review of hydraulic fracturing fluids over the last decade

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North America and Rocky Mountain Joint Conference and Exhibition 2014

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 621-644

  Al Muntasheri, Ghaithan A ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GASOLINE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; POLYMERS; PRODUCED WATER; PROPPANTS; SILICA; VISCOSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

2-ACRYLAMIDO-2-METHYLPROPANESULFONIC ACID; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE PUMPING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; THERMALLY STABLE POLYMERS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84907044531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/169552-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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