... ABSTRACT The popularity and breadth of application of horizontal well technologycontinues to expand in some cases, however, horizontal well performance isdisappointing - often as a result of drilling-induced formation damage. Thisdamage may occur over the entire pay interval, or may occur...

... consideration to the following: Locate injection wells so as to distribute injected fluids evenly in thereservoir, i.e.- increase the sweep efficiency Locate production wells so as to optimize the capture of the incrementaloil. As examples, horizontal well applications in miscible, thermal...

... upstream oil & gas drainage miscible method enhanced recovery unexpected benefit canadian spe cim canmet tendency application husky oil drilling operation directional drilling case history horizontal well AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT OF HORIZONTAL WELLS ON OFFSET VERTICAL WELL PRODUCTIVITY...

... producible openhole length. One ofthe technical challenges in horizontal well application is to understand thefactors which cause non-uniform inflow along a horizontal wellbore, and wherepossible, eliminating those deterrents to the ideal of uniform inflow. flood upstream oil & gas fong...

... if not eliminated. Patent applications have beenfiled on the subject matter contained in this paper. INTRODUCTION Horizontal wells have a large potential to improve the oil production ratesand ultimate recovery of many reservoirs. This improves the attraction of theindustry to this technology, especially...

... ABSTRACT A comparative laboratory analysis of dry forward combustion has beenaccomplished with the application of different well configurations in a 3-Dsemi scaled model using medium and low gravity crudes. The model representsone-fourth of a five spot pattern in Raman and B.Kozluca fields...

... Abstract In this review paper, a variety of reservoir applications are indicatedwhere horizontal wells (HWs) can have advantages over the use of conventionalvertical wells. Analytical methods for calculating critical coning rates inhomogeneous reservoirs are reviewed, and shown to give a very...

... potential, financial, regulatory and market forces that support the application of horizontaltechnology are addressed with their suggested impacts on industryrelationships, production and economic trends over the next 5 years. INTRODUCTION Our world is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change...