Selection of candidate horizontal wells and determination of the optimal time of refracturing in Barnett Shale (Johnson County)

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2013 - Unconventional Becoming Conventional: Lessons Learned and New Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-199

  Tavassoli, Shayan ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Javadpour, Farzam ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS; WELL STIMULATION;

ACCURATE MODELING; FRACTURING PROCESS; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; PRECISE MODELING; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY; STIMULATION TREATMENTS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84897553299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/167137-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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