Hydraulic Fracturing Explained: Evaluation, Implementation and Challenges

Copyright © 2013 Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas. All rights

reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Gulf Publishing Company

2 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1020
Houston, TX 77046

ISBN: 978-1-933762-40-1
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Donaldson, Erle C.
Hydraulic fracturing explained : evaluation, implementation,
and challenges / Erle C. Donaldson, Waqi Alam, and Nasrin Begum,
Tetrahedron, Inc.
pages cm. — (Gulf drilling series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-933762-40-3 (978-1-933762-40-1 : alk. paper)
1. Oil wells—Hydraulic fracturing. I. Alam, Waqi. II. Begum,
Nasrin. III. Title.
TN871.D584 2013
622'.338—dc23
2012047687

Printed in the United States of America

Printed on acid-free paper. ∞
Production services and design by TIPS Technical Publishing, Inc.