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FORAGE INTERCALAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 2022-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The addition of wells in a field that decreases the average well spacing.

OBS

[The] practice [of infill drilling] both accelerates expected recovery and increases estimated ultimate recovery in heterogeneous reservoirs by improving the continuity between injectors and producers. … spacing is decreased, the shifting well patterns alter the formation-fluid flow paths and increase sweep to areas where greater hydrocarbon saturations exist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Forage de puits additionnels dans les limites définies d'un gisement de gaz naturel ou de pétrole.

Spanish

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