Impacts of the number of perforation clusters and cluster spacing on production performance of horizontal shale gas wells

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 146-155

  Cheng, Y ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE GAS; WELL PERFORATION; OIL WELLS;

KEY TECHNOLOGIES; LONG TERM PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; SMALL CLUSTERS; WELL PERFORMANCE;

WELL SPACING; HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 78751489116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/138843-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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