A parametric study on the benefits of drilling horizontal and multilateral wells in coalbed methane reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 976-983

  Maricic, Nikola ^a   Mohaghegh, Shahab D ^b   Artun, Emre ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; FIREDAMP; GAS PERMEABILITY; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; INFILL DRILLING; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; WELL SPACING;

COALBED METHANE RESERVOIR; COALBED RESERVOIRS; DESORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; MULTI-LATERAL WELLS; MULTILATERAL DRILLING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; WELL CONFIGURATION;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

COALBED METHANE; GAS WELL; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL WELL; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 59649123215     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96018-pa     Document Type: Article

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