A completions guide book to shale-play development: A review of successful approaches towards shale-play stimulation in the last two decades

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 68-94

  Chong, K K ^a   Grieser, W V ^a   Passman, A ^a   Tamayo, C H ^a   Modeland, N ^a   Burke, B ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; DECISION POINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; EVALUATION PHASE; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; KEY FACTORS; METHODICAL APPROACH; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; ROADMAP;

DECISION TREES; ENGINEERS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELL COMPLETION; WELL STIMULATION;

SHALE;

EID: 79952965137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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