This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 77825, "Overview of Stimulation Technology for Horizontal Completions Without Cemented Casing in the Lateral," by B.W. McDaniel, SPE, and Loyd East, SPE, Halliburton, and Vance Hazzard, SPE, Pioneer Natural Resources Co., prepared for the 2002 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 8-10 October.

Keywords:
stimulation, directional drilling, fracture stimulation, reservoir, perforation, upstream oil & gas, fracture, openhole completion, low-permeability reservoir, liner
Subjects:
Directional drilling, Drilling Operations, Hydraulic Fracturing
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