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A [[horizontal well]] constructed with more than one productive lateral branching off a main wellbore is a multilateral well. A well with two productive laterals is referred to as a dual [[lateral]] well.
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A horizontal well constructed with more than one productive lateral branching off a main wellbore is a multilateral well. A well with two productive laterals is referred to as a dual lateral well.
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==See also==
 
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 26 April 2016

Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir
Series Methods in Exploration No. 14
Chapter Introduction
Author Timothy R. Carr, Erik P. Mason, Charles T. Feazel
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A horizontal well constructed with more than one productive lateral branching off a main wellbore is a multilateral well. A well with two productive laterals is referred to as a dual lateral well.

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