Horizontal wells drilling activity in south Texas unconventional gas resources and microseismic hydraulic fracturing monitoring application to reduce risk and increases the success rate

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DGS Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 524-547

  Sani, Abu M ^a   Ejefodomi, Efe A ^b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFILL DRILLING; METHANE; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; WELL DRILLING; WELL STIMULATION;

DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84919349384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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