Log-based identification of sweet spots for effective fracs in shale reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2011, CURC 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1778-1788

  Hashmy, Khaled ^a   Abueita, Samir ^b   Barnett, Craig ^c   Jonkers, Jos ^d  

^a Weatherford Geoscience   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Anadarko Petroleum   (United States)

^c Weatherford Drilling Services   (United States)

^d Weatherford International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; SURVEYS; WELL LOGGING;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; GAMMA MEASUREMENTS; LATERAL INHOMOGENEITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84860638103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/149278-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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