Hydraulic fracturing: Key to effective Khazzan-Makarem tight gas appraisal

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2011, UGAS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 476-490

  Rylance, Martin ^a   Nicolaysen, Arild ^a   Ishteiwy, Omar ^b   Judd, Tobias ^b   Huey, Troy ^b   Giffin, Wade ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c Titan Global Oil Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE DESIGN; FRACTURING DESIGN; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; GAS INFLOW; GAS MARKET; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVES; MATRIX; METHODICAL APPROACH; NORTH AMERICAN; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; POST TREATMENT; PROJECT ECONOMICS; REMOTE AREAS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SERVICE DELIVERY; SERVICE PROVIDER; SERVICE QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT; TIGHT GAS; WELL BORE; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

DESIGN; ECONOMICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRODUCTIVITY; WELL STIMULATION;

GASES;

EID: 79956296388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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