The Wattenberg Field located in the Denver Basin of Colorado USA has been explored and developed since the 1970s. The field contains large reserves of primarily gas and some condensate in unconventional tight sand and shale reservoirs. Over time, technologies have emerged to efficiently exploit the hydrocarbon resources in this field and this includes hydraulic fracture techniques, down spacing and identification of sweet spots. This presentation summarizes the development of the techniques used to exploit these unconventional reservoirs and such techniques can be used for future exploration and development of other unconventional reservoirs globally.

Keywords:
log analysis, reservoir characterization, fracturing materials, re-fracturing, drilling operation, gwa, wattenberg field, hydrocarbon, knowledge management, well logging
Subjects:
Drilling Operations, Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir Characterization, Formation Evaluation & Management, Unconventional and Complex Reservoirs, Professionalism, Training, and Education, Information Management and Systems, Directional drilling, Fracturing materials (fluids, proppant), Exploration, development, structural geology
Copyright 2012, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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