Well recovery, drainage area, and future drill-well inventory: Empirical study of the Barnett shale gas play

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 484-496

  Ikonnikova, S ^a   Browning, J ^a   Horvath, S ^a   Tinker, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLS; ENERGY RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFILL DRILLING; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; RECOVERY; SHALE GAS;

BARNETT SHALE; DRAINAGE AREA; DRILLED WELLS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ESTIMATED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RESOURCE ESTIMATION; THICKNESS MAP;

WELL DRILLING;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SHALE; WELL TESTING; CALIBRATION; DATABASE; DEEP DRILLING; INVENTORY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECOVERY; SHALE GAS; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84912112929     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/171552-PA     Document Type: Article

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