Society of Petroleum Engineers. January 19-21, 2009 The Woodlands, Texas, USA

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1 Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009 January 19-21, 2009 The Woodlands, Texas, USA Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY ISBN: Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version.

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SPE Point-Source Fracturing: Extension of the LMN Analytical Model to Turbulent Flow...1 Olivier Liétard SPE Stress and Rock Property Profiling for Unconventional Reservoir Stimulation...9 R.D. Barree and J.V. Gilbert, M.W. Conway SPE Proppant Transport of Fracturing Gels is Influenced by Proppant Type...27 Phillip C. Harris and Stanley J. Heath SPE Improved Friction Reducer for Hydraulic Fracturing...37 C.W. Aften, W.P. Watson SPE Factors Controlling the Vertical Growth of Hydraulic Fractures...63 A. Ali Daneshy SPE Optic Fiber Distributed Temperature for Fracture Stimulation Diagnostics and Well Performance Evaluation...74 Paul Huckabee SPE Propped Fracturing in High Temperature Deep Carbonate Formation...94 Yongping Li, Yonghui Wang, Xingsheng Cheng, Mingguang Che, Fuxiang Zhang, Jianxin Peng SPE First Application of High Density Fracturing Fluid to Stimulate a High Pressure & High Temperature Tight Gas Producer Sandstone Formation of Saudi Arabia K. Bartko, C. Arocha, and T. S. Mukherjee, L. Sierra, J. Terracina, and P. Lord SPE Irrational Fracturing How Heuristics and Biases Affect Judgments in Fracpacking V.M. Ammachathram SPE Modifi ed API / ISO Crush Tests with a Liquid-Saturated Proppant Under Pressure Incorporating Temperature, Time, and Cyclic Loading: What Does It Tell Us? E.R. Freeman, D.A. Anschutz, A.R. Rickards, M.J. Callanan SPE A Multi-Continuum Model for Gas Production in Tight Fractured Reservoirs Yu-Shu Wu, George Moridis, Baojun Bai, Keni Zhang SPE Investigation of Flow Behavior of Slick-Water in Large Straight and Coiled Tubing S.N. Shah, A.H. Ahmed Kamel SPE Multiple Transverse Fracturing in Open Hole Allows Development of a Low Permeability Reservoir in the Foukanda Field, Offshore Congo Alberto Casero, Loris Tealdi, Roberto Luis Ceccarelli, Antonio Ciuca, Giamberardino Pace, Brad Malone, Jim Athans SPE Examining Our Assumptions - Have Oversimplifications Jeopardized Our Ability To Design Optimal Fracture Treatments? M.C. Vincent SPE How to Use and Misuse Proppant Crush Tests Exposing the Top 10 Myths Terry Palisch, R. Duenckel, Mark Chapman, Scott Woolfolk, M.C. Vincent SPE A Simple and Accurate Model for Well Productivity for Hydraulically Fractured Wells Kyle E. Friehauf, Ajay Suri, Mukul M. Sharma SPE Application of a New Compositional Model for Hydraulic Fracturing With Energized Fluids: A South Texas Case Study Kyle E. Friehauf and Mukul M. Sharma, Richard B. Sullivan SPE Quantifying Proppant Transport for Complex Fractures in Unconventional Formations T.N. Olsen, T.R. Bratton, M.J. Thiercelin SPE Inflow Performance for a Hydraulic Fracture in a Deviated Well Y. Zhang and C.A. Ehlig-Economides, G. Han, S. Tosic, M.J. Economides

4 SPE Stress Amplification and Arch Dimensions in Proppant Beds Deposited by Waterfracs N.R. Warpinski SPE Hydraulic Fracture Offsetting in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Quantifying a Long-Recognized Process R.G. Jeffrey and X. Zhang, M. Thiercelin SPE D Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Initiating at a Wellbore with or without Microannulus S.G. Cherny, V.N. Lapin, and D.V. Chirkov, O.P. Alekseenko and O.O. Medvedev SPE Analysis of Reserve Recovery Potential from Hydraulic Fracture Reorientation in Tight Gas Lenticular Reservoirs D.S. Benedict, J.L. Miskimins SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Using Heavy Brine and Microseismic Monitoring in Yufutsu Oil and Gas Field R. Kamitsuji, K. Nagai, Y. Matsuno, Y. Ohsaki, T. Tamagawa, and K. Tezuka SPE Fracture Design Considerations in Horizontal Wells Drilled in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs C.L. Cipolla and E. P. Lolon, M.J. Mayerhofer and N.R. Warpinski SPE The Effect of Proppant Distribution and Un-Propped Fracture Conductivity on Well Performance in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs C.L. Cipolla and E. P. Lolon, M.J. Mayerhofer and N.R. Warpinski SPE Assigning Value to Stimulation in the Barnett Shale: A Simultaneous Analysis of 7000 Plus Production Histories and Well Completion Records Peter P. Valkó SPE Computing Estimated Values of Optimal Fracture Half Length in the Tight Gas Sand Advisor Program Y.N. Wei, S.A., Holditch SPE Fracture Growth in Horizontal Injectors A. Suri, M.M. Sharma SPE New Frac Fluid Provides Excellent Proppant Transport and High Conductivity Harold G. Walters, Neil Stegent, and Phillip C. Harris SPE Maximizing Return on Fracturing Investment by Using Ultra-Lightweight Proppants to Optimize Effective Fracture Area: Can Less Really Deliver More? Harold D. Brannon and Thomas R. Starks II SPE Solid Production Chemicals Added With the Frac for Scale, Paraffin and Asphaltene Inhibition D.V. Satya Gupta, Steve Szymczak, J. Mike Brown SPE Comprehensive Coupled Modeling Analysis of Stimulations and Post-Frac Productivity Case Study of a Tight Gas Field in Wyoming A. Settari, R.B. Sullivan, R.J. Rother, T.K. Skinner SPE Unconventional Fracturing Fluids for Tight Gas Reservoirs D.V.S. Gupta SPE Pinpoint Hydrajet Fracturing in Multilayered Sandstone Formation Completed With Slotted Liners Erik Jakobsen and H. Dreisig, B.W. McDaniel SPE Hydraulic Fracturing: Modeling and Optimization Using Latest Generation Logs and Conductivity Optimization Technologies C. Espina and D. Baldassa, F. Sorenson, E. López, J. Bonapace, and C. Quintavalla SPE Frac Fluid Recycling and Water Conservation: A Case History D.V.S. Gupta, B.T. Hlidek SPE Increasing Reservoir Contact by Combining Mechanical Diversion and Unique Stimulation Chemistry? Christian P. Veillette and Jerome J. Cuzella, Fred A. Mueller, Michael P. Loayza, Rafael Malaver, Bayan Abaza, and M. Nihat Gurmen

5 SPE Quantifying Transient Effects in Altered-Stress Refracturing of Vertical Wells? Nicolas P. Roussel, and Mukul M. Sharma SPE Determining Propped Fracture Width From a New Tracer Technology R.R. McDaniel, D.V. Holmes, J.F. Borges, B.J. Bajoie, C.R. Peeples and R.P. Gardner SPE Are You Buying Too Much Friction Reducer Because of Your Biocide? Shawn M. Rimassa, Paul R. Howard, and Michael O. Arnold SPE Impact of Capillary Suction on Fracture Face Skin Evolution in Waterblocked Wells Hai Hoang, Duc Le, and Jagannathan Mahadevan SPE Overcoming Excessive Fluid Loss in Tip-Screen-Out Stimulations of Depleted, High-Permeability Reservoirs Using a New-Generation Viscoelastic Fluid: Successful Case Histories in West Venezuela P. Parra, E. Miquilena, A. Sánchez, and A. Peña, A. García and M. Millán SPE Seismic Velocity Model Calibration Using Dual Monitoring Well Data S.C. Maxwell, U. Zimmer, J. Wolfe SPE Acid-Etched Channels in Heterogeneous Carbonates A Newly Discovered Mechanism for Creating Acid Fracture Conductivity? Jianye Mou, D. Zhu, and A.D. Hill SPE Operators Evaluate Various Stimulation Methods for Multizone Stimulation of Horizontals in Northeast British Columbia Dave Thompson, Keith Rispler, Shawn Stadnyk, Ottmar Hoch, SB.W. McDaniel SPE Acid Fracturing: The Effect of Formation Strength on Fracture Conductivity A.M. Gomaa, H.A. Nasr-El-Din SPE Modeling Fracture Fluid Cleanup in Tight Gas Wells John Yilin Wang, Stephen A. Holditch, Duane A. McVay SPE Successful Optimization of Viscoelastic Foamed Fracturing Fluids with Ultra- Lightweight Proppants for Ultra Low Permeability Reservoirs Kay E. Cawiezel, D.V.S. Gupta SPE Fracture Containment in Soft Sands by Permeability or Strength Contrasts C.J. de Pater, Y. Dong SPE Simultaneous Hydraulic Fracturing of Adjacent Horizontal Wells in the Woodford Shale George Waters, Barry Dean, and Robert Downie, Ken Kerrihard, Lance Austbo, and Bruce McPherson SPE Barnett Shale Refracture Stimulations Using a Novel Diversion Technique D.I. Potapenko, S.K. Tinkham, B. Lecerf, C.N. Fredd, M.L. Samuelson, M.R. Gillard, J.H. Le Calvez, and J.L. Daniels SPE Modeling Simultaneous Growth of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures and Their Interaction With Natural Fractures Jon E. Olson and Arash Dahi-Taleghani SPE Surface Etching Pattern and its Effect on Fracture Conductivity in Acid Fracturing Luis Fernando Antelo, M. Pournik, D. Zhu, and A.D. Hill SPE Method and Apparatus for Simultaneous Stimulation of Multi-Well Pads R.C. Tolman, J.W. Simons, D.H. Petrie, K.J. Nygaard, S.R. Clingman, A.M. Farah SPE Fiber-Laden Fluid Applied Solution for Addressing Multiple Challenges of Hydraulic Fracturing in Western Siberia S. Sitdikov, A. Serdyuk, and A. Nikitin, A.Yudin, K. Mullen, D. Oussoltsev, K.K. Butula Author Index