Gas reserves estimation in resource plays

SPE Unconventional Gas Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-10

  Lee, W J ^a   Sidle, R E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO;

EMPIRICAL METHOD; GAS RESERVES; HIGH CONFIDENCE; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES; MODEL ACCURACY; MODELING AND FORECAST;

PROVEN RESERVES;

EID: 77954225002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/130102-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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