The application of hydraulic fracturing models to characterize fracture treatments in the brushy canyon formation, Delaware group, eddy county, New Mexico

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, OGR 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 437-454

  Johnson, Raymond L ^a  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

BOTTOMHOLE; DELAWARES; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GROUP FORMATIONS; HISTORY MATCH; NEW MEXICO; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FRACTURE;

EID: 85054387611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/35195-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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