New reserves in an old field, the Niobrara resource play in the Wattenberg field, Denver Basin, Colorado

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2013, URTC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sonnenberg, Stephen A ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; LIME; LIMESTONE; RESOURCE VALUATION; SANDSTONE;

COMBINED TECHNOLOGY; DENVER BASIN; ESTIMATED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; FRACTURE STIMULATION; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS; OLD-FIELD; PETROLEUM ACCUMULATIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

EID: 85018426210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/urtec2013-098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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