Multi-interval, horizontal-completion strategies minimize water usage and deliver increased production

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1318-1327

  Palidwar, T ^a   Nikiforuk, G ^a   Noble, V ^a  

^a Halliburton ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; DRILLING TIME; EFFECTIVE STIMULATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; INITIAL RATE; INITIAL TREATMENT; JOB DESIGN; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OIL PRICES; OIL RESERVES; OPENHOLE; PRODUCTION GAIN; PRODUCTION RATES; REDUCED COST; SINGLE STAGE; STEEP LEARNING CURVE; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES; VERTICAL WELLS; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER USAGE; WATER VOLUMES; WATER ZONE; WELLBORE; WORKOVER;

COILED TUBING; COST REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTURE; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROVEN RESERVES; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; RESOURCE VALUATION; WATER RESOURCES;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 79952935784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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