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Title: Economic Recovery of Oil Trapped at Fan Margins Using High Angle Wells and Multiple Hydraulic Fractures

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/14233· OSTI ID:14233

This project attempts to demonstrate the effectiveness of exploiting thin-layered, low-energy deposits at the distal margin of a prograding turbidite complex through the use of hydraulically fractured horizontal or high-angle wells. The combination of a horizontal or high-angle well and hydraulic fracturing will allow greater pay exposure than can be achieved with conventional vertical wells while maintaining vertical communication between thin interbedded layers and the wellbore.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FC22-95BC14940
OSTI ID:
14233
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC/14940-11; TRN: AH200114%%275
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Nov 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English