A new fracturing fluid for HP/HT applications

SPE - European Formation Damage Conference, Proceedings, EFDC

Volumn 2015-January, Issue , 2015, Pages 940-956

  Zhao, Haiyan ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Al Bagoury, Mohamed ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Elkem Carbon AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PROPPANTS; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EXTERNAL FILTERS; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; HYDROXYPROPYL GUARS; INITIAL PERMEABILITY; PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84951108351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/174204-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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