Well productivity enhancement by drilling multi-legged wells a quantitative assessment

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 257-262

  Sanyal, Subir K ^a   Morrow, James W ^a   Henneberger, Roger C ^a   Granados, Eduardo E ^a  

^a GeothermEX Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Forked well; Geothermal well productivity; Multi legged well; Multilateral well; Well productivity enhancement

Indexed keywords

FORKED WELL; GEOTHERMAL WELL PRODUCTIVITY; MULTI-LEGGED WELL; MULTILATERAL WELL; WELL PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DRILLING; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROCK DRILLING;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 58449099985     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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