Importance of fabric on the production of gas shales

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Unconventional Reservoirs Conference 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 119-147

  Bustin, A M M ^a   Bustin, R M ^a   Cui, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SPE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GASES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SHALE GAS;

CONSTANT PARAMETERS; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE SPACING; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; PRODUCTION FORECASTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 52049118124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114167-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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