August 2018
Features

Enhanced understanding improves "child well" performance

In U.S. shale fields, operators are attempting to improve infill well performance. In the Eagle Ford, child wells now account for about 75% of new completions. Infill drilling is ramping up in the Permian, which hosts half of all U.S. drilling.
Garret Lindsay / Schlumberger Grant Miller / Schlumberger Tao Xu / Schlumberger Dan Shan / Schlumberger Jason Baihly / Schlumberger

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