Infill Drilling and Reserve growth determination in lenticular tight gas sands

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 533-544

  Cipolla, Craig L ^a   Mayerhofer, Michael ^a  

^a Union Pacific Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; INFILL DRILLING; PROVEN RESERVES; SAND; TIGHT GAS; CORE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELL LOGGING; WELL PRESSURE;

BEARING MEMBERS; CORE MEASUREMENTS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; RESERVOIR LAYERING; RESERVOIR MODELING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIGHT GAS SANDS; INFILL DRILLING; LENTICULAR TIGHT GAS SANDS;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

EID: 0029748719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/36735-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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