Effective Well Planning and Stimulation Improves Economics of Horizontal Wells in a Low-Permeability West Texas Carbonate

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 864-881

  Willett, Ronald M ^a   Borgen, Ken L ^a   McDaniel, B W ^a   Michie, Earl ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Terrace Petroleum Corp ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SANDSTONE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WELL CEMENTING; WELL COMPLETION; WELL DRILLING;

CEMENTED-LINER COMPLETION (CLC) METHODS; RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI);

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642480895     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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