... Abstract Production forecasting of wells in unconventional reservoirs is an important problem for the industry. Type well construction is a commonly used procedure to forecast aggregated wells. However, "averaging" observed production profiles, a commonly used type well construction method...

... may lead to either overestimates or underestimates (usually overestimates) of future production from a particular well or reservoir. This paper discusses the problem in depth and recommends possible ways in which type well construction can be made more realistic. In order to ensure more accurate...