Site selection, drilling, and completion of two horizontal wells in the Devonian Shales of West Virginia

Site selection, drilling, and completion of two horizontal wells in the Devonian Shales of West Virginia [electronic resource]

This report presents a summary of the geologic site selection studies, planning, drilling, completing, stimulating, and testing of two horizontal wells drilled in the Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia. Each horizontal well was designed and managed by BDM as the prime contract...

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Online Access: Online Access
Corporate Author: National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.) (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Defense ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1992.
Subjects:
Information.
Shales.
Drilling.
Document Types.
Wells.
West Virginia.
Site Selection.
Geology.
Rocks.
Geologic Structures.
Devonian Period.
Natural Gas Wells.
Well Drilling.
Developed Countries.
Sedimentary Basins.
Well Completion.
Progress Report.
Numerical Data.
Black Shales.
Usa.
Appalachian Basin.
Geologic Ages.
North America.
Paleozoic Era.
Directional Drilling.
Sedimentary Rocks.
Data.
Natural Gas.
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Summary:This report presents a summary of the geologic site selection studies, planning, drilling, completing, stimulating, and testing of two horizontal wells drilled in the Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia. Each horizontal well was designed and managed by BDM as the prime contractor to the Department of Energy. The first well was drilled with industry partner Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation in Putnam County, West Virginia. The second well was drilled with Consolidated Natural Gas Company in Calhoun County, West Virginia. This report summarizes four reports prepared by BDM which detail the site selection rationale and the drilling and completion operations of each well. Each horizontal well is currently producing commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. The successful application of horizontal well technology represent continued development of the technology for application to tight and unconventional natural gas resources of the United States. Continued technology development is expected to ultimately result in commercial horizontal well drilling activity by industry in the Appalachian Basin.
Item Description:Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information.
03/01/1992.
"doe/mc/25115-3116"
"DE92012463"
Johnson, H.R.; Carden, R.S.; Reeves, T.K.; Salamy, S.P.; Overbey, W.K. Jr.; Locke, C.D.
BDM Engineering Services Co., McLean, VA (United States)
Physical Description:Pages: (109 p) : digital, PDF file.

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