Development update for an emerging shale gas giant field - Horn River Basin, British Columbia, Canada

SPE Unconventional Gas Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-27

  Reynolds, M M ^a   Munn, D L ^b  

^a RPS   (United Kingdom)

^b Stone Mountain Resources Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; INFILL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVERS; SHALE GAS; WATERSHEDS; WELL STIMULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; COMMERCIAL PROJECTS; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS; FRACTURE DIAGNOSTICS; LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; WELL CONSTRUCTIONS;

NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 77954238177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/130103-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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