Optimized shale resource development: Proper placement of wells and hydraulic fracture stages

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2012, ADIPEC 2012 - Sustainable Energy Growth: People, Responsibility, and Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 3855-3858

  Kennedy, Robert L ^a   Gupta, Rajdeep ^a   Kotov, Sergey ^a   Burton, W Aaron ^a   Knecht, William N ^a   Ahmed, Usman ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; INFILL DRILLING; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; WELL LOGGING; WELL SPACING;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; NATURAL FRACTURE SYSTEM; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; OPTIMAL WELL PLACEMENT; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES; WELL PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84879437347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/162534-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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