Reservoir modeling in shale-gas reservoirs

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 144-162

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Lolon, E P ^a   Erdle, J C ^b   Rubin, B ^b  

^a StrataGen Engineering   (United States)

^b CMG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DESORPTION; ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAPPING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RECOVERY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE GAS; WELL STIMULATION;

DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; MICROSEISMIC FRACTURE MAPPING; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 77953632242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125530-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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