A novel approach to quantify reservoir pressure along the horizontal section and to optimize multistage treatments and spacing between hydraulic fractures

The results documented in this work demonstrate that when using this novel methodology, horizontal wells can be characterized in great detail from the standpoint of reservoir pressure and brittleness. This novel approach is effective, reliable, and can help the completion engineer to decide where to allocate the clusters (perforations) to make more efficient the multistage hydraulic fracturing jobs and improve productivity. Furthermore, geoscientists, reservoir, and production engineers will benefit from knowing reservoir pressure distribution along the path of the horizontal section of the well in more detail. As a result, a more efficient reservoir characterization is obtained to improve horizontal wellbore performance.