Simultaneous hydraulic fracturing of adjacent horizontal wells in the woodford shale

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 694-715

  Waters, George ^a   Dean, Barry ^a   Downie, Robert ^a   Kerrihard, Ken ^b   Austbo, Lance ^b   McPherson, Bruce ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Continental Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WELL STIMULATION;

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; HORIZONTAL WELLBORES; HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURING; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; ULTRA-LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 70449587521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/119635-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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