An economic evaluation on the re-fracturing treatment of the U.S. shale gas resources

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn 2014-January, Issue January, 2014, Pages 96-103

  Eshkalak, Mohammad O ^b   Aybar, Umut ^b   Sepehmoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINEERS; FRACTURE; GASES; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SHALE GAS; WATER TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENHANCED GAS RECOVERIES; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; WATER TREATMENT COSTS;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84932142246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/171009-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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