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Encana Corporation has employed several completion techniques over the past decade to successfully develop the unconventional Montney tight gas reser voir. Optimizing fracture stimulation and design has been an important focus for improving productivity and overall well economics. This paper outlines several factors that could influence hydraulic fracture propagation behaviour in the Upper Montney formation. Commercial fracture modeling software and microseismic sur veys were used to improve understanding of fracture geometr y and propagation. Sensitivities around elastic moduli, closure pressure, pore pressure and composite layering were used to highlight the range of possible geometries. This study revealed several potential fracture barriers in the Montney package which could impede vertical fracture growth. Production data was also investigated for the selected wells to examine the relationship between frac size, uid volume, and productivity. Production analysis revealed that cumulative gas production has a linear relationship with injected water volume and the gradient of the least squares tted line to the relationship varies by target zone. Increasing injection volume twice increased cumulative gas production by 1.81 time. Fracture modeling suggested that increased fracture surface area may be one possible explanation for increased productivity for the Upper Montney 1 zone in this study area.

The concept of ‘Sustainable tourism' is still an evolving one and the scholars theorizing the concept and institutions trying to adopt it as a policy framework are having different set of meanings attached to this often quoted term. In last few decades issue of sustainability in various forms has also emerged as an important one within the domain of tourism planning and operations. The Growth of tourism along with its many benefits was also accountable for various adverse impacts on destinations and to minimize these impacts has become a matter of great concern worldwide. Efforts in this direction have encouraged industry experts and policy makers to promote ‘Sustainable tourism'. The stakeholders in varying degree are sensitive to these dangers and seek to protect tourist destinations and to protect tourism, which is forecasted to grow in future and is currently is world's largest and fastest growing industries. The constant growth of tourism is predicted to have severe impacts on biological diversity, indigenous cultures, environment which provide the base to facilitate tourism.

The concept of ‘Sustainable tourism' is still an evolving one and the scholars theorizing the concept and institutions trying to adopt it as a policy framework are having different set of meanings attached to this often quoted term. In last few decades issue of sustainability in various forms has also emerged as an important one within the domain of tourism planning and operations. The Growth of tourism along with its many benefits was also accountable for various adverse impacts on destinations and to minimize these impacts has become a matter of great concern worldwide. Efforts in this direction have encouraged industry experts and policy makers to promote ‘Sustainable tourism'. The stakeholders in varying degree are sensitive to these dangers and seek to protect tourist destinations and to protect tourism, which is forecasted to grow in future and is currently is world's largest and fastest growing industries. The constant growth of tourism is predicted to have severe impacts on biological diversity, indigenous cultures, environment which provide the base to facilitate tourism.

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