Use of horizontal well image tools to optimize barnett shale reservoir exploitation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 4364-4376

  Waters, G ^a   Heinze, J ^a   Jackson, R ^a   Ketter, A ^a   Daniels, J ^a   Bentley, D ^a  

^a SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

HORIZONTAL WELL STIMULATION; MEASUREMENT WHILE-DRILLING (MWD) TOOL; PERFORATION PLACEMENT; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33751017686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/103202-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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