Modeling 2-phase flowback of multi-fractured horizontal wells completed in shale

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 553-572

  Clarkson, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL DEPOSITS; FLOWING WELLS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; METHANE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION;

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE STIMULATION; MULTI-FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; OPERATING CONSTRAINTS; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; WELLBORE STORAGE EFFECTS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84875666627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/162593-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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