Production impairment and purpose-built design of hydraulic fractures in gas-condensate reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2000, IOGCEC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Wang, X ^a   Indriati, S ^b   Valko, P P ^c   Economides, M J ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GAS CONDENSATES; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIQUIDS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL WELLS; WELL TESTING;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE TREATMENT DESIGN; GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; HIGH PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY FORMATIONS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; STIMULATION TREATMENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 85088406686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/64749-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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