The effect of sufficient barrier layers on hydraulic fracturing design efficiency in one of the Iranian South hydrocarbon reservoirs

Subject Areas : Mineralogy

Behnam Mousavi ¹ , Kouros Yazdjerdi ² , Mohammad Abdideh ³ , Hossein Tabatabaei ⁴

1 - Department of Geology, Fars Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran
2 - Department of Geology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
3 - Department of Petroleum Engineering, Omidiyeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Omidiyeh, Iran
4 - Department of Petroleum Engineering, Gachsaran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gachsaran, Iran

Received: 2018-11-01 Accepted : 2019-08-07 Published : 2020-01-01

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