Application of lithofacies models to characterize unconventional shale gas reservoirs and identify optimal completion intervals

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North American Regional Meeting 2010 - In Collaboration with the Joint Meetings of the Pacific Section AAPG and Cordilleran Section GSA

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 273-281

  Mitra, Arijit ^a   Warrington, D ^a   Sommer, A ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; COSMETICS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FRACTURE; GASES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMECHANICS; NEUTRON LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICS; SHALE GAS;

ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; HAYNESVILLE SHALES; HYDROCARBON PROSPECTS; LOGGING MEASUREMENTS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 77958496923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/132513-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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