Defining horizontal well objectives in tight and unconventional gas reservoirs

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2314-2323

  Britt, L K ^a   Jones, J R ^a   Miller II, W K ^a  

^a NSI Fracturing ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC SUCCESS; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; FRACTURE STIMULATION; GAS RESERVOIR; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; KEY ELEMENTS; LATERAL LENGTH; NETWORK COMPLEXITY; SWEET SPOT; TIGHT FORMATION GAS RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; WELL PERFORMANCE;

DECISION TREES; FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; WELL DRILLING; WELL STIMULATION;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

EID: 79952962085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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