A simplified engineering model integrated Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) and tight formation characterization with multistage fractured horizontal wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1328-1345

  Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESOURCE VALUATION;

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; ENGINEERING MODELING; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITIES; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84875661061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/162806-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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