Selecting candidate wells for refracturing using production data

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-45

  Roussel, Nicolas P ^a,b   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; TIGHT GAS;

DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRODUCTION DECLINES; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; RESERVOIR DEPLETION; STRESS REORIENTATION; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FRACTURE; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879744240     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/146103-PA     Document Type: Article

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