Modules placed in the production casing string eliminated the need for wellbore intervention for completing a Woodford shale horizontal well. Philip M. Snider, senior technical consultant for Marathon ...

To better evaluate the spatial steering effect of directional perforation hydraulic fractures, evaluation indexes for the spatial steering effect are first proposed in this paper. Then, these indexes ...

Hydraulic fracturing technology is widely used to facilitate and enhance the gas recovery process from conventional and tight gas resources. Part 1 of this two-part article addresses the importance ...

Once a well has been drilled, the decision must be made: Will this well become a producer or be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole? Should the operator decide to move forward with developing the well ...