Wide-azimuth seismic technology to boost shale gas more economical

The commonly used three-dimensional seismic technology for wide-azimuth shale production, and as a first step, we can say, Alberta, Canada, Central shale mining is a typical case. In North America, a large number of exploration and development technology is moving before the unfamiliar field of shale oil and shale and how best to develop these huge pages ...
 
In North America, a large number of exploration and development technology is moving before the unfamiliar field of shale oil and  shale gas  and how best to develop these huge shale energy efforts. Shale oil and  shale gas  mining is largely horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing result of progress, it is these two technologies pry open a huge untapped reserves of the door.
 
If there is no economic, technical and environmental challenges, this unexpected effect nascent domestic resources in the United States is not going to happen. Economically, for its own sake, supply exceeded demand and lower commodity market prices, oil and gas industry has been very successful; Technically, the  Hydraulic fracturing  technology development is still regarded as an unprecedented unknown; environmentally relevant fracturing process The public question no sign of abating, there may be the potential failure of oil and gas wells, water pollution, and become the focus point of the earthquake disaster.
 
For all these problems, geological science can help solve and provide some practical business solutions. About shale reservoirs wide-angle, wide-azimuth three-dimensional seismic survey is any shale development cost effective preliminary stage. The result is that it is able to geologists and engineers to understand the nature of the target formation rock characteristics and possible stress the key points. Target formation rock properties and possible stress characteristics on well placement, productivity, and any hydraulic fracturing of the security policy is essential. Such mapping is especially valuable as a stress scenario, it is possible that various changes and display within a few hundred meters space changes, the most likely solution for adjustment of fracturing.
 
As hydraulic fracturing operations and reservoir drain, these wide-azimuth seismic survey may also be monitored at the production stage to stress during repeated at any time. Prior to drilling, master stress conditions on the predicted risk of borehole instability region is also very useful; in other words, drilling problems or can advance to prepare, or put aside whatever.