60 years of multi-fractured vertical, deviated and horizontal wells: What have we learned?

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 4894-4925

  King, George E ^a  

^a APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIMESTONE; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE GAS WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND CONSOLIDATION; SEARCH ENGINES; TIGHT GAS; WELL SPACING;

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FRACTURE SPACING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MODERN APPLICATIONS; MULTI-FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; TIGHT OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84931827080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/170952-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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