Modeling well performance in shale-gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2009 - Overcoming Modeling Challenges to Optimize Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 710-725

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Lolon, E P ^b   Erdle, J C ^c   Tathed, V ^c  

^a Carbo   (United States)

^b StrataGen Engineering   (United States)

^c CMG

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DESORPTION; FLOW OF GASES; FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; RECOVERY; SHALE GAS;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; MICROSEISMIC FRACTURE MAPPING; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; PRODUCTION MODELING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 77952023994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125532-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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