Novel, multistage stimulation processes can help achieve and control branch fracturing and increase stimulated reservoir volume for unconventional reservoirs

73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011: Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 3400-3417

  Romanson, Roch ^a   Pongratz, Reinhard ^a   East, Loyd ^a   Stanojcic, Milorad ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COILED TUBING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROPPANTS; PUMPS; SHALE GAS; STRESS RELIEF; WELL COMPLETION;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; MICROSEISMIC FRACTURE MAPPING; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PROPPANT CONCENTRATIONS; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 80052434175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142959-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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