The manual includes information on strategies for stimulating coal seams, fracture design, fracture model selection, guidelines for well completion, gas recovery from coal reservoirs, and economic considerations. Appendixes contain the details and other data needed to perform a fracture treatment design.
Document Type
Report
Report Type
Topical Report
Report Period
01/87 - 12/88
Corporate Source
S.A. Holditch & Associates, Inc., College Station, TX
Summary:
The Coal Seam Stimulation Manual provides guidelines to design well completions and hydraulic fracturing treatments in coal seams. The manual includes information on strategies for stimulating coal seams, fracture design, fracture model selection, guidelines for well completion, gas recovery from coal reservoirs, and economic considerations. Appendixes contain the details and other data needed to perform a fracture treatment design.