Successful application of hydrajet fracturing on horizontal wells completed in a thick shale reservoir

Proceedings - Society of Petroleum Engineers Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 193-210

  East Jr , Loyd E ^a   Grieser, William ^a   McDaniel, B W ^a   Johnson, Bill ^a   Jackson, Randy ^b   Fisher, Kevin ^c  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Devon Energy   (United States)

^c PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRAINAGE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; WELL CEMENTING; WELL COMPLETION; WELL STIMULATION;

HYDROJET FRACTURING; MICROSEISMIC MAPPING; WATERFRAC (WF) STIMULATION; WELLBORES;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 11244279923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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