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Aug 2010
Author James F. Swartz, Charles Piestch and Stephen D. Cassidy
In the late 1960s, steamflooding boosted output sevenfold at California’s Kern River Field. Today, reservoir surveillance, 3D reservoir modeling and horizontal drilling are extending the heavy oil field’s economic life for years to come.
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Author Gene Powell
A Powell Barnett Shale Newsletter database of the 8,158 horizontal wells with production was evaluated using the lateral length of each well.
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Author Chris Newton, Preston Cody and Rick Carr
Successful operators are responding to the market by adopting a more strategic view of the role of their supply management organizations and implementing advanced contracting strategies to manage costs and secure supply.
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Jul 2010
Author Robert Reyes, Gerard Glasbergen, Valerie Yeager and Joseph Parrish
A Permian Basin operator used downhole temperature profiles to maximize the effectiveness of a well stimulation campaign.
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Author Matt Blauch
Controlling the effects of geochemical interactions between the shale and the fracturing fluids has helped shale gas operators preserve reservoir communication to the wellbore, reduce sour gas potential and tailor flowback water for reuse.
Author Pramod Kulkarni
Leasing and drilling activity are gaining due to prospects for producing higher-priced liquids in addition to dry gas.
Author Murray Roth
Stretching from the meandering Rio Grande, the Eagle Ford Shale play extends along a 50-mile corridor in South Texas for over 400 miles to the northeast.
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Jun 2010
Author Sandeep Janwadkar, Christian Klotz, Bart Welch and Shane Finegan
The use of real-time MWD data and reliable directional control resulted in increased average ROP and reduced drilling time.
Author Garry W. Templeton, Andre Broussard and Deck Travis
A new whipstock-and-packer approach to drilling openhole laterals can reduce rig time and risk by eliminating the need to set cement.
Author J. Daniel Arthur
A recent Wall Street Journal editorial commented that an accompanying article in that newspaper “makes the case that huge natural-gas discoveries in shale rock are on the verge of, well, changing everything.”
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