... field performanceindicates that in some cases horizontal wells also considerably improveproductivities of adjacent vertical wells. This paper presents a case history which shows that drilling a horizontalwell in Rainbow Keg River E Pool resulted in benefiting the offset verticalwells with a 10–15...

... wellbores in naturally fracturedreservoirs is to attempt to intersect a greater number of fractures than couldotherwise be intersected by a vertical well. Presumably, this leads to higherproduction rates than for a vertical well. Often overlooked in this idealisticapproach is the necessity of characterizing...

... ABSTRACT Horizontal wells have become major factors in reservoir development mainlybecause of productivity enhancement per well over vertical wells, as well ashaving fewer water coning and sand production problems. Well productionincrease becomes particularity impressive in reservoirs where...