... of the drilled lateral section to determine which part of the lateral is in or out of zone, lithology and petrophysical properties from the offset wells were propagated using geostatistical algorithms to match the horizontal well path. A relatively distant offset well with an advanced log suite was also utilized...

... clusters along the horizontal wellbore in real time and optimize hydraulic fracturing parameters on-the-fly. Reservoir Characterization microseismic event count Upstream Oil & Gas hydraulic fracturing lateral production log frac stage aspect ratio wellbore natural fracture swarm...

... event locations with gamma ray logs along the laterals revealed that fractures initiated better when the log values are <110 API, an observation consistent with Lithology-based brittleness index. The completions strategy included pumping resin coated sand in one well, combining that with white sand...

... and booking of reserves; 2. Anisotropic geomechanical models were the most appropriate for simulating hydraulic fracturing treatments; 3. Conventional hydraulic fracturing models do not always represent the behavior of fractures in the unconventional formations evaluated; 4. Production rates along the lateral...

... and provide a stress profile along the lateral, which can provide an accurate basis for completion design. Fluid distribution is predicted by way of both basic orifice-flow calculations and 3D hydraulic-fracture models (using actual stress data) and then verified using observations from microseismic...

... complex reservoir snyder completion marcellus shale pennsylvania society of petroleum engineers lateral mmcfge packer ohm well seale stimulation production result upstream oil & gas spe 155095 bridge plug ccpp well horizontal wellbore ccpp completion ohm completion Introduction...

... the Marcellus shale. Ultimately, a strategy for optimized perforations is presented with specific focus on shale gas horizontal wells in the Marcellus with further application to other shale gas plays. lateral wellbore diameter perforation design upstream oil & gas exhibition spe annual technical...

... for the stimulation of wells in the Barnett shale. upstream oil & gas efficiency fracture conductivity reduction modeling shale play stimulation treatment hydraulic fracturing study area exhibition spe 155684 lateral microseismic event spe annual technical conference placement unconventional...

... fracture initiation, identify un-stimulated perforations, and evaluate proppant interference between stimulated wellbores. Fluid tracers are currently being used to analyze lateral clean-up over time and to quantify fracture fluid interference between wells. In this case study, these diagnostic...

... Abstract The Niobrara formation is an increasingly active exploration target in the Denver-Julesburg basin that contains both reservoir rock and source rock. The reservoir rock consists of up to four laterally continuous chalk benches and the source rock is comprised of three organic-rich...

... result in the Haynesville shale. Considering trends developed from cross-referencing completion strategies in laterals with public production, Haynesville well production appears to be heavily dependent on geographic location and total number of hydraulic fracturing treatments performed. Also impacting...

... of wells. The screened candidates can then be taken to a higher tier of analysis that integrates the production performance and completion information with available petro-physical data and geological information. A reservoir quality indicator along the horizontal laterals can be extracted from...

... production monitoring production control shale gas completion installation and operations production logging drilling operation directional drilling stage length woodford shale th percentile stimulation complex reservoir lateral deviation reservoir surveillance hydraulic...

... the potential landing location for the initial lateral well. Background The Marcellus Shale is a Devonian shale play located in the northeastern US It occupies over 61 million acres across portions of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee as seen in Fig. 1 . (Durham 2008...

...% load return as high as 70% returns. Since these types of formations are far from being homogeneous, these horizontal laterals can intersect existing natural fractures or faults in the formation or an aggressive stimulation could induce fractures into existing natural fracture or faulting network...

... not providing adequate lateral coverage across the planned stage. To address this issue, controlled changes were made to the pumping schedule, and the effects were evaluated using RT HFM. The results indicated that relax-a-frac proved to be highly successful in increasing the estimated stimulated volume (ESV...

... observed. Several hypotheses have been presented on the subject with little consensus. In most of these wells, formation evaluation in the lateral section is limited to gamma ray. Using a single curve to model the structure leads to multiple solutions with no way to determine which one is correct...

... contribution accurate well placement shale gas lateral log analysis upstream oil & gas correlation well placement hydraulic fracturing gamma ray well logging well trajectory production contribution real time reservoir characterization directional drilling centerline spe 138438 structural...

... from vertical to horizontal-wellbore programs in the gas window and there is a need to shorten the learning curve to successfully develop the play. One such method involves the use of wireline logs, such as cased-hole pulsed-neutron logs (PNL), run in the lateral to determine the reservoir...

... Abstract Surface based microseismic monitoring was performed to assess the effectiveness of slick-water and nitrogen fracture stimulations in a horizontal well with a 3500' lateral drilled in the Arkoma Basin of Oklahoma. Water production from this shale as well as the located events from...