Optimization of Multiple Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="151898.fig.0017a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jpe/volume-2013/151898/figures/151898.fig.0017a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Fracture spacing of 80 ft for gas price of $3/MSCF</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="151898.fig.0017b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jpe/volume-2013/151898/figures/151898.fig.0017b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Fracture spacing of 70 ft for gas price of $4/MSCF</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="151898.fig.0017c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jpe/volume-2013/151898/figures/151898.fig.0017c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Fracture spacing of 60 ft for gas price of $5/MSCF</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>The optimum fracture spacing with different gas prices.</table>

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Figure 17: Optimization of Multiple Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs 