Comprehensive coupled modeling analysis of stimulations and post-frac productivity - Case study of a tight gas field in Wyoming

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 463-473

  Settari, A ^a,b   Sullivan, R B ^c   Rother, R J ^d   Skinner, T K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Taurus Reservoir Solutions Ltd   (Canada)

^c Anadarko Petroleum   (United States)

^d Devon Energy Corporation   (United States)

^e Marathon Oil   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

DETAILED MODELING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MODELING TECHNOLOGY; ON CONDUCTIVITIES; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; RESERVOIR MODELING;

TIGHT GAS;

EID: 70449590144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/119394-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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