Permeability damage to natural fractures caused by fracturing fluid polymers
Description:
Formation damage studies using artificially fractured, low-permeability sandstone cores indicate that viscosified fracturing fluids can severely restrict gas flow through these types of narrow fractures. These studies were performed in support of the Department of Energy's Multiwell Experiment (MWX). Extensive geological and production evaluations at the MWX site indicate that the presence of a natural fracture system is largely responsible for unstimulated gas production. The laboratory format…
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Date:
April 1, 1988
Creator:
Gall, B. L.; Sattler, A. R.; Maloney, D. R. & Raible, C. J.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department