Integrated Optimization Study Consultants

Horizontal Gas and Oil Well Studies

IPT's integrated optimization study consultants have performed many horizontal gas and oil well screening and optimization studies in many different areas. Some of these studies were the basis for the first stimulation approaches applied to horizontal wells in those plays (e.g., the Bakken play) and others started as vertical well studies and ended with IPT recommending horizontal application (e.g., the Cleveland play in the Texas Panhandle).

These studies focus on the reservoir drainage character, lateral orientation, length, entry point spacing and fracture stimulation approach. Recommendations are based on economic optimization profiles derived from reservoir models that match the actual responses in the field. Because the integrated process works, these studies have been used as justification to dramatically change field development and well completion approaches in many areas.