Innovative simulation techniques to history match horizontal wells in shale gas reservoirs

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 439-450

  Fazelipour, Waleed ^a  

^a Emerson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFILL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE GAS; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WELL STIMULATION;

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HORIZONTAL WELLBORES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 78751559020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139114-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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