Shaybah-220: A maximum-reservoir-contact (MRC) well and its implications for developing tight-facies reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-321

  Saleri, Nansen G ^a   Salamy, Salam P ^a   Al Mubarak, Hassan K ^a   Sadler, R Kumbe ^a   Al Dossary, Abdullah S ^a   Muraikhi, Ahmad J ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY RESOURCES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

MAXIMUM RESERVOIR CONTACT (MRC); WELL PRODUCTIVITY; DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY; MAXIMUM RESERVOIR CONTACT WELLS; PILOT PROGRAMS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; UNIT DEVELOPMENT COSTS; WELL PERFORMANCE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; INFILL DRILLING;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4444280327     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/88986-PA     Document Type: Article

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