Quantification of uncertainty in reserve estimation from decline curve analysis of production data for unconventional reservoirs

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0432011-0432016

  Cheng, Yueming ^a   Lee, W John ^b   McVay, Duane A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PRODUCTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC RISKS; FUTURE PERFORMANCES; GAS WELLS; HISTORICAL PRODUCTIONS; OIL AND GAS WELLS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC QUANTIFICATIONS; PROBABILISTIC RESERVES; PRODUCTION DATUMS; RESERVE ESTIMATES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE VALUATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 58249124578     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3000096     Document Type: Article

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