Horizontal drilling for onshore gas faces many challenges

Journal Article · Mon Oct 05 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6938144

Salehi, I A ^[1]

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1. Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)

This paper reports that even though cost-effective in oil fields and some prolific offshore gas fields, horizontal well technology has not yet been successfully transferred to onshore gas fields. The major technical challenges are accurate reservoir characterization, proper well design and placement, and stimulation. The first two of these challenges can be met with the state-of-the-art technologies but the third requires emerging knowledge, tools, and techniques. To determine the application of horizontal wells to typical gas reservoirs in the continental U.S., the Gas Research Institute (GRI) initiated an applied research and development project in late 1990.

• OSTI ID: 6938144
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:40; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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