Comparison of fractured-horizontal-well performance in tight sand and shale reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-259

  Ozkan, E ^a   Brown, M ^a   Raghavan, R ^a   Kazemi, H ^a  

^a SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; SHALE;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL FRACTURE; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PRODUCTION GAIN; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; SHALE FORMATION; TIGHT SANDS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SAND; SHALE; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79953808749     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/121290-PA     Document Type: Article

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