Injection/fall-off testing in the Marcellus Shale: Using reservoir knowledge to improve operational efficiency

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 318-336

  Yeager, Bryce B ^a   Meyer, Bruce R ^b  

^a Energy Corp of America   (United States)

^b Meyer and Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE;

AFTER-CLOSURE ANALYSIS; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FRACTURE TREATMENT DESIGN; NON-PRODUCTIVE TIME; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; RESERVOIR PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR PRESSURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 78751498900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139067-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (26)

1. Castillo, J.L: "Modified Fracture Pressure Decline Analysis Including Pressure-Dependent Leakoff," SPE 16417, May 1987.
2. deWitt, W., Jr., Perry, W.J., Jr., and Wallace, L.G.: "Oil and gas data from Devonian and Silurian rocks in the Appalachian basin," U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 1-917 B, scale: 1:2,500,000, 1975.
3. rd Edition, pp. 9-61 to 9-63, 2000.
4. Engelder, T. and Nash, G.: http://geo1ogy.com/artic1es/marcellus-shale. shtm1, July 7, 2008.
5. Engelder, T., Lash, G.G., Uzcategui, R.S.: "Joints sets that enhance production from Middle and Upper Devonian gas shales of the Appalachian Basin," AAPG Bulletin, V. 93, No. 7 pp 857-889, July 2009.
6. Guo, B., Sun, K. and Ghalambor, A.: Natural Gas Engineering Handbook 2005, pp. 60-61.
7. Horner, D.R.: "Pressure Build-Up in Wells," Proa, Third World Pet. Cong., The Hague (1951) Sec. IL 503-523.
8. Lee, J. and Wattenbarger, R.A.: Gas Reservoir Engineering. SPE TextBook Series Vol. 5, 1996.
9. Lee, J., Rollins, J.B., and Spivey, J.P.: Pressure Transient Testing. SPE TextBook Series Vol. 9, 2003.
10. Lee, S.T. and Brockenbrough, J.R.: "A New Analytical Solution for Finite Conductivity Vertical Fractures with Real Time and Laplace Space Parameter Estimation," SPE 12013, October 1983.
11. Lee, S.T. and Brockenbrough, J.R: "A New Approximate Analytical Solution for Finite-Conductivity Vertical Fractures," SPE Formation Evaluation, February 1986.
12. Meyer & Associates, Inc.: Meyer Fracturing Simulators User's Guide. Seventh (2009) and Eighth Editions, 2010.
13. Meyer, B.R. and Hagel, M.W.: "Simulated Mini-frac Analysis," JCPT (Sept./Oct. 1989), Vol. 28, No. 5, 63-73.
14. Meyer, B.R. and Jacot, R.H.: "Pseudosteady-state Analysis of Finite Conductivity Vertical Fractures," SPE 95941, October 2005.
15. Meyer, B.R, Bazan, L.W., Jacot, R.H., and Lattibeaudiere, M.G.: "Optimization of Multiple Transverse Hydraulic Fractures in Horizontal Wellbores," SPE 131732, February 2010.
16. Jacot, R.H., Bazan, L.W., and Meyer, B.R.: "Technology Integration - A methodology to Enhance production and Maximize Economics in Horizontal Marcellus Shale Wells," SPE 135262, September 2010.
17. Mukherjee, H. and Economides, M.J.: "A Parametric Comparison of Horizontal and Vertical Well Performance," SPE Formation Evaluation, June 1991.
18. Nolte, K.G.: "Background for After-Closure Analysis of Fracture Calibration Tests," SPE 39407, July 1997.
19. Nolte, K.G.: "Determination of Fracture Parameters from Fracture Pressure Decline," SPE 8341 presented at the 54th Annual Technical Conference, Las Vegas, Sept., 1979.
20. Nolte, K.G.: "A General Analysis of Fracturing Pressure Decline with Application to Three Models," (SPE 12941) JPT (Dec. 1986), 571-582.
21. Nolte, K.G.: "Fracture Design Considerations Based on Pressure Analysis," SPEPE (Feb. 1988), 22-30.
22. Nolte, K.G.: "Application of Fracture Design Based on Pressure Analysis," SPEPE (Feb. 1988), 31-41.
23. Nolte, K.G.: "Fracture Pressure Analysis for Non-Ideal Behavior," (SPE 20704) JPT (Feb. 1991), 210-218.
24. Nolte, K.G., Mack M.G. and Lie, W.L.: "A Systematic Method of Applying Fracture Pressure Decline: Part I," SPE 25845 presented at the SPE Rocky Mountain Regional/Low Permeability Symposium held in Denver, CO, April 12-14, 1993.
25. Weng, X: "Fracture Initiation and Propagation from Deviated Wellbores," SPE 26597, Oct. 1993.
26. Zoback M.L.: "First and second order patterns of stress in the lithosphere," The World Stress Map Project: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 11, 703-11, 728, 1992.