Optimizing proppant conductivity and number of hydraulic fractures in Tight Gas Sand Wells.

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abass, Hazim ^a   Sierra, Leopoldo ^b   Tahini, Ashraf ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Halliburton Service in the Middle East and Asia Pacific Areas   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPPANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIGHT GAS;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; PRODUCTION INCREASE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STRESS INDEPENDENTS; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 85088763838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/126159-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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