Optimizing fracture spacing and sequencing in horizontal-well fracturing

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-184

  Roussel, Nicolas P ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; GAS PERMEABILITY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; STRESSES; WELL SPACING; WELL STIMULATION;

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; FRACTURING TECHNIQUES; HORIZONTAL WELL FRACTURING; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; STRESS REORIENTATION;

FRACTURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION; GAS PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHALE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79958008945     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/127986-PA     Document Type: Article

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