Abstract
Gas and oil production from extremely tight rock, including shale formation, has been significantly boosted for the last decade. It is a well-known fact that the amount of gas resource exceeds multi quadrillion cubic feet in such formation. However, hydrocarbons would never flow to surface without artificial flow path created by hydraulic fracturing, and ‘fit for purpose’ techniques are prerequisite to economically extract hydrocarbons from individual formation, each of which have different properties. In addition, continuous effort to optimize development design is important to secure enough margins, and multi-disciplinary approach is taken to accomplish optimum design.
This paper summarizes the typical workflow and the ways to optimize designs in shale gas development.
