A completions roadmap to shale-play development: A review of successful approaches toward shale-play stimulation in the last two decades

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2010, IOGCEC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 417-434

  Chong, King Kwee ^a   Grieser, Bill ^a   Jaripatke, Omkar ^a   Passman, Andrea ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; LIFE CYCLE; LITHOLOGY; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELL COMPLETION; WELL STIMULATION;

ASSET EVALUATIONS; ASSET MAINTENANCES; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; METHODICAL APPROACH; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS;

SHALE;

EID: 78650609476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/130369-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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