A novel screening method for selection of horizontal refracturing candidates in shale gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Gas Conference 2011, UGC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 290-299

  Sinha, Shekhar ^a   Ramakrishnan, Hariharan ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SHALE GAS; WELL STIMULATION;

CANDIDATE SELECTION; COMPARISON ANALYSIS; EXPECTED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; PRODUCTION BEHAVIORS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 80052398594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144032-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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