Production analysis and forecasting of shale gas reservoirs: Case history-based approach

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Shale Gas Production Conference 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-123

  Mattar, L ^a   Gault, B ^a   Morad, K ^a   Clarkson, C R ^b   Freeman, C M ^c   Ilk, D ^c   Blasingame, T A ^c  

^a FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b EOG Resources ^*

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL TOOL; CASE HISTORY; COMPLEX WELL; CURRENT STATUS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL METHOD; EXPONENTIAL METHODS; FLOWING MATERIALS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FRACTURE STIMULATION; LINEAR FLOWS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; POWER-LAW; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION EVALUATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RIGOROUS APPROACH; SHALE GAS; VERTICAL WELLS; WELLBORE;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; GAS PIPELINES; GAS PRODUCERS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHALE;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 70349448788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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