...AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT OF HORIZONTAL WELLS ON OFFSET VERTICAL WELL PRODUCTIVITY IN VERTICAL MISCIBLE FLOODS D.K. FONG F.Y. WONG F.J. MCINTYRE this article begins on the next page F CANADIAN SPE/CIM/CANMET THIS IS A PREPRINT - SUBJECT TO CORRECTION PAPER NO. HWC94-09 AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT...

... wellbores in naturally fracturedreservoirs is to attempt to intersect a greater number of fractures than couldotherwise be intersected by a vertical well. Presumably, this leads to higherproduction rates than for a vertical well. Often overlooked in this idealisticapproach is the necessity of characterizing...

... ABSTRACT Horizontal wells have become major factors in reservoir development mainlybecause of productivity enhancement per well over vertical wells, as well ashaving fewer water coning and sand production problems. Well productionincrease becomes particularity impressive in reservoirs where...