On the performance of horizontal wells in reservoirs containing discontinuous shales

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 38-44

  Belgrave, J D M ^a,b,e,g,h   Bora, R ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Adams Pearson Associates Inc

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^d OIL INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^e APEGGA ^*

^f SPE ^*

^g Tesoro   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUOUS SHALES; HORIZONTAL WELL PRODUCTIVITY; SHALE FREQUENCY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL SHALE; PERFORMANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; WELL PRESSURE;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0030151290     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96-05-04     Document Type: Article

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