Cumulative gas production distribution on the nikanassin tight gas formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Trinidad and Tobago Energy Resources Conference 2010, SPE TT 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 712-737

  Solano, Nisael ^a   Zambrano, Liliana ^a   Aguilera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DEFORMATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; TIGHT GAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CUMULATIVE GAS PRODUCTIONS; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; DISTRIBUTION MODELS; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS FORMATION; WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

INFILL DRILLING;

EID: 78650478497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/132923-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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