Summary
A successful stimulation experiment was conducted in a fluvial sandstone of the Mesaverde formation at the U.S. DOE's Multiwell Experiment (MWX) Site in the Piceance basin of Colorado. The stimulation experiment consisted of stress tests, a three-well prefracture interference test, step-rate/flowback tests, a minifracture, a full stimulation treatment, borehole geophone diagnostics during fracturing, and a postfracture interference test.
Keywords:
Drillstem Testing,
Upstream Oil & Gas,
drillstem/well testing,
hydraulic fracturing,
natural fracture,
observation well,
natural fracture system,
minifracture,
screenout,
stimulation
Subjects:
Completion Installation and Operations,
Drilling Fluids and Materials,
Drilling Operations,
Drillstem/well testing,
Faults and fracture characterization,
Flow in porous media,
Formation Evaluation & Management,
Fracturing materials (fluids, proppant),
Hydraulic Fracturing,
Naturally-fractured reservoirs
Copyright 1990, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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