Economic development of low-permeability, unconventional reservoirs has necessitated the development of advanced horizontal drilling, completion, and stimulation techniques. This presentation starts with two questions. Does completion technology lag behind drilling technology? Can we drill longer wells than we can effectively complete/stimulate? For the resource plays of today, the challenges for completion technologies to keep …

  The flagship event of the Society of Petroleum Engineers—the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE)—takes place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, USA. This premier event in oil and gas exploration and production covers the upstream aspects of conventional and unconventional resources from across the globe. ATCE is also …