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Re-analysis of the MWX (Multi-Well Experiment) fracture stimulation data from the Paludal zone of the Mesaverde formation: Annual report, FY 1988

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6531733
For a number of years the US Department of Energy has been engaged in research to enhance gas recovery from ''tight gas sands'', particularly the lenticular sandstone formations common to the western United States. To investigate these western US tight gas sands, DOE established the Multi-Well Experiment (MWX), a field research facility near Rifle, Colorado, where three closely spaced wells were drilled through the lenticular Mesaverde formation in the Piceance basin. Testing included extensive coring and core analysis, production testing, and instrumented fracture stimulation experiments. Because one of the more important aspects of the MWX project was to establish the predictability of well stimulation procedures, extensive pre-frac testing was conducted in the Paludal, Coastal, and Fluvial zones. This report concentrates on a review and re-analysis of the MWX stimulation data for the Paludal zone. The primary goal of the review was to establish the conditions affecting fracture geometry and behavior in this lenticular environment; and determine the degree of predictability of fracture behavior from pre-frac testing. 13 refs., 44 figs., 9 tabs.
Research Organization:
Nolte-Smith, Inc., Tulsa, OK (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-87MC24264
OSTI ID:
6531733
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/24264-2654; ON: DE89000927
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English