Techniques Give New Life To Old Plays

摘要

As much as 141 billion barrels of potential incremental hydrocarbon resources could be unlocked if drilling and completion techniques refined in U.S. shale plays are applied to conventional, low-productivity oil plays outside North America, an IHS analysis predicts. Curious as to what the potential might be if newer techniques were applied to old plays, the company says IHS Energy researchers conducted a high-level assessment that identified more than 170 mature oil plays worldwide with untapped oil potential that could benefit from horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. They published their results in IHS Energy Analysis of the Use of Unconventional Drilling and Completion Techniques in Conventional, Low-Quality Oil Fields Outside of North America.