High-temperature fracturing fluids using produced water with extremely high TDS and hardness

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2014, IPTC 2014 - Innovation and Collaboration: Keys to Affordable Energy

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 866-878

  Li, Leiming ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Qu, Qi ^a   Mehle, Michael P ^a   Ault, Marshall G ^a   Morse, Aaron ^a   Zhou, Jia ^a   Smith, David D ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GASOLINE; HARDNESS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PRODUCED WATER; PROPPANTS; SALTS; VISCOSITY; WATER HARDNESS; WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED SOLIDS; FLUID VISCOSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMBER OF FACTORS; OIL/GAS PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TEST TEMPERATURES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84934286185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-17797-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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