Ranking production potential based on key geological drivers - Bakken case study

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2012, IPTC 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1696-1708

  Pilcher, Robin S ^a   Ciosek, Jessica McDonough ^a   McArthur, Kelsey ^a   Hohman, John ^a   Schmitz, Peter J ^a  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STEPS; DELIVERABILITY; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; FLUID PROPERTY; MULTI-STAGE; NATURAL FRACTURE; OIL ACCUMULATION; OVERPRESSURE; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; PETROPHYSICAL; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; PRODUCTION OPERATIONS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION VARIABLES; RANKING METHODS; RELATIVE RANKINGS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SEISMIC RESOLUTION; SOURCE ROCKS; WELL PERFORMANCE;

FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; WELL DRILLING; WELL LOGGING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84861375984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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