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SPE 135484 Fracture Network Development and Proppant Placement during Slickwater Fracturing Treatment of Barnett Shale Laterals Wenyue Xu, Marc Thiercelin, Joel Le Calvez, Ruhao Zhao, Utpal Ganguly, Xiaowei Weng, Hongren Gu, Schlumberger; Jerry Stokes, Mid-Continent Geological Inc.; Horacio Moros, EagleRidge Energy Copyright 2010, Society of Petroleum Engineers This paper was prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Florence, Italy, 19–22 September 2010. This paper was selected for presentation by an SPE program committee following review of information contained in an abstract submitted by the author(s). Contents of the paper have not been reviewed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and are subject to correction by the author(s). The material does not necessarily reflect any position of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, its officers, or members. Electronic reproduction, distribution, or storage of any part of this paper without the written consent of the Society of Petroleum Engineers is prohibited. Permission to reproduce in print is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words; illustrations may not be copied. The abstract must contain conspicuous acknowledgment of SPE copyright. Abstract This paper presents an application of the wiremesh hydraulic fracturing model to analyze slickwater fracturing stimulation treatments of three Barnett Shale horizontal gas wells. For each treatment stage, the created hydraulic fracture network (HFN) was characterized on the basis of associated microseismic events distribution, treatment data, and geomechanical properties of involved formation layers. A systematic analysis of all stages, such as the potential effect of earlier treatment stages on a later one, the relationship between HFN properties such as the fracture