New method determines well spacing in unconventional reservoirs

Present the challenge industry of solutions well spacing to involve expensive geomechanical Earth modeling or fracture-geometry monitoring that is time-consuming, data-intensive, and geography-specific. The authors of the complete paper write that their developed methodology is quicker and pad-specific and requires no additional data collection than those routinely gathered. Other significant outcomes of this work flow include the ability to rank well performance and predict changes in geology and pressure regimes relative to an existing similarly landed producer. © 2020 Society of Petroleum Engineers. All rights reserved.