Well Screen and Optimal Time of Refracturing: A Barnett Shale Well

Tavassoli, Shayan; Yu, Wei; Javadpour, Farzam; Sepehrnoori, Kamy

doi:10.1155/2013/817293

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“…We assume that candidate wells for re-fracturing treatment are already selected; in this study, all 50 wells are candidate wells and also the hydraulic re-fractures are placed in the middle of each pair of old hydraulic fractures as it can maximize the production, and also the candidate selection and treatment execution steps are relatively straightforward according to Tavassoli et al (2013). The economic analysis is performed based on 20 years of predicted gas production.…”

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“…(2015) 12:553-559 555 simulator are analyzed and the results are used for the NPV and IRR calculation. Increased production by the re-fracturing treatment is incorporated into the analysis by considering the long-term re-fracturing efficiency (LRE) introduced by Tavassoli et al (2013). LRE is assumed equal to 1.3 for all the 50 wells in this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Further, the re-fracturing treatment is applied after 5 years of production as an optimal refracturing time. Also, Tavassoli et al (2013) found that natural gas production achieved its maximum value by placing the hydraulic re-fractures in the middle of each pair of primary hydraulic fractures. Figure 1 shows the effect of re-fracturing placement between each pair of the primary hydraulic fractures.…”

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“…For Barnett shale, Siebrits et al (2000) reported increased production of natural gas by refracturing treatment. On the selection of candidate wells and time of re-fracturing treatment, researchers such as Craig and Blasingame (2005), Rousell and Sharma (2011), Moore and Ramakrishnan (2006), and Tavassoli et al (2013) discussed and have developed criterion-based approaches. Moreover, the success of a re-fracturing treatment depends on the depleted reservoir pressure and hydraulic fracture geometry (Vincent 2010;Shekar and Hariharan 2011;Wang et al 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A robust procedure introduced by Tavassoli et al (2013) is employed in this study, with which all the wells are considered to be good candidates satisfying their criteria. Further, the re-fracturing treatment is applied after 5 years of production as an optimal refracturing time.…”

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Well Screen and Optimal Time of Refracturing: A Barnett Shale Well

Cited by 24 publications

References 23 publications

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Stochastic programming models for optimal shale well development and refracturing planning under uncertainty

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