Formation fracturing with foam

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, FM 1974

Volumn , Issue , 1974, Pages

  Blauer, R E ^a   Kohlhaas, C A ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASOLINE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

FLUID RECOVERY; FORMATION DAMAGE; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FRACTURING TECHNIQUES; HYDROSTATIC HEAD; LOW PERMEABILITY GAS RESERVOIRS; OIL RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 85085851944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/5003-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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