Use of proppant selection models to optimize fracturing treatment designs in low-permeability reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DOE Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs Symposium, LPG 1985

Volumn , Issue , 1985, Pages

  Phillips, A M ^a   Anderson, R W ^a  

^a Annual Meeting Technical Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROPPANTS;

COST/PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; INTERMEDIATE DENSITIES; NET PRESENT VALUE; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESIN COATED SANDS; SELECTION MODEL;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 85085408126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/13855-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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