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Vol. 59 No. 3

March 2007

Hydraulic Fracturing

Characterization of a Shallow Horizontal Fracturing Treatment in Western Missouri

A research project, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, was undertaken to demonstrate a development method for the heavy-oil reserves that exist at ultrashallow depth in southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas. The principal objective was to demonstrate an economically viable method of producing the shallow heavy oil by use of a combination of microbial-enhanced oil-recovery treatments and horizontal fracturing in vertical wells.

View a synopsis of SPE 102342 published in JPT

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 102342, "Characterization of a Shallow Horizontal Fracturing Treatment in Western Missouri," by L.K. Britt, SPE, NSI Technologies Inc.; S. Dunn-Norman, SPE, U. of Missouri-Rolla; M.B. Smith, SPE, NSI Technologies Inc.; E. Atekwana, U. of Missouri-Rolla; L. Slater, Rutgers U.; A. Gupta, SPE, and D. Numbere, SPE, U. of Missouri-Rolla; J.V. Fontana and J.H. Viellenave, Direct Geochemical; and J. Pelger, SPE, J-Environmental Inc., prepared for the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 24-27 September.

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