Analysis of the success of cavity completions in the fairway zone of the san juan basin

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting 1999, RMR 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Ramurthy, Muthukumarappan ^a   Rogers, Rudy E ^b   Weida, Dana ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; COAL DEPOSITS; METHANE;

CAVITY COMPLETION; FIVE PARAMETERS; FRUITLAND FORMATIONS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; INSITU STRESS; PRODUCTION RATES; TRIAL AND ERROR; VOLATILE MATTERS;

STRESSES;

EID: 33747103388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/55603-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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