Overdisplacing propped fracture treatments - Good practice or asking for trouble? (SPE 154397)

74th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2012 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012: Responsibly Securing Natural Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2396-2409

  Van Gijtenbeek, K A W ^a   De Pater, H J ^b   Shaoul, J R ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Strata Gen Delft BV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROPPANTS; SHALE; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; WELL COMPLETION;

FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; PROPPANT FLOWBACK; PROPPANT FRACTURES; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84928129015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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