Gel slugs: A near-wellbore pressure-loss remediation technique for propped fracturing

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium 2000, GTS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Chipperfield, S T ^a   Roberts, G A ^a   Miller, W K ^b   Vandersypen, R S ^b  

^a Santos Ltd   (Australia)

^b NSI Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FRACTURE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; REMEDIATION; VISCOSITY;

COST PROHIBITIVE; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE STIMULATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INJECTION SEQUENCE;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 85054438618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/59777-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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