Shale gas drilling experience and lessons learned from Eagle Ford

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 381-388

  Guo, Quanxin ^a   Ji, Lujun ^a   Rajabov, Vusal ^a   Friedheim, James ^a   Portella, Christin ^b   Wu, Rhonna ^c  

^a M I SWACO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRILLS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; OIL SHALE; OIL WELL CASINGS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WELL DRILLING;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; DRILLING PRACTICES; OIL-BASED DRILLING FLUID; OPERATING COMPANIES; SHALE-FLUID INTERACTIONS; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; WELL ARCHITECTURES;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 84866028795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/155542-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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