Horizontal well drilling and completion schemes consider future stimulation to optimize production

International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2006 - Sustainable Growth for oil and Gas

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 327-336

  Surjaatmadja, Jim B ^a   McDaniel, Billy W ^a   Case, Leonard R ^a   East, Loyd E ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WELL STIMULATION;

FRACTURE STIMULATION; HORIZONTAL WELL DRILLING; PRODUCTION DECLINE; VERTICAL WELLS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33846956474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/103772-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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