Appraising unconventional resource plays: Separating reservoir quality from completion effectiveness

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1524-1550

  Cipolla, C ^a   Lewis, R ^a   Maxwell, S ^a   Mack, M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; DRAINAGE AREA; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIGH COSTS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; MICROSEISMIC MAPPING; NORTH AMERICAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR QUALITY; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; TRIAL AND ERROR; VERTICAL WELLS; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY; WELL PERFORMANCE; WORK-FLOWS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELL DRILLING;

WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 84861380884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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