April 2013
Features
Optimizing hydraulic fracturing enhances gas production in Saudi Arabia
While hydraulic fracturing is an essential technology to improve gas production from tight gas reservoirs, often the expected post-fracture rate is not achieved, even though the fracture treatment is pumped, as designed. Saudi Aramco has applied best practices associated with gel and polymer systems and the breaking agents. Examples from Saudi Arabia confirm the successes achieved by identifying problems and following up with remedial actions.
