Open AccessHorizontal oil well applications and oil recovery assessment. Volume 2: Applications overview, Final report
Author(s) -
W.G. Deskins,
W.J. McDonald,
Robert Knoll,
S.J. Springer
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/28416
Subject(s) - directional drilling , petroleum engineering , horizontal and vertical , geology , drilling , lithology , petroleum , resource (disambiguation) , volume (thermodynamics) , fossil fuel , engineering , geochemistry , paleontology , waste management , mechanical engineering , computer science , geodesy , computer network , physics , quantum mechanics
Horizontal technology has been applied in over 110 formations in the USA. Volume 1 of this study addresses the overall success of horizontal technology, especially in less-publicized formations, i.e., other than the Austin Chalk, Bakken, and Niobrara. Operators in the USA and Canada were surveyed on a formation-by-formation basis by means of a questionnaire. Response data were received describing horizontal well projects in 58 formations in the USA and 88 in Canada. Operators` responses were analyzed for trends in technical and economic success based on lithology (clastics and carbonates) and resource type (light oil, heavy oil, and gas). The potential impact of horizontal technology on reserves was also estimated. A forecast of horizontal drilling activity over the next decade was developed