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Revision as of 21:14, 3 December 2015

Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir
Series Methods in Exploration No. 14
Chapter Introduction
Author Timothy R. Carr, Erik P. Mason, Charles T Feazel
Link Web page
Store AAPG Store
Simple vertical profile of a horizontal well, illustrating basic terms.

The heel is the point at which the wellbore achieves its design orientation in the targeted productive interval. The heel is normally at the end of the bend (curve) and the beginning of the lateral section(s) of a horizontal well.



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