Hybrid rate-decline models for the analysis of production performance in unconventional reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 5507-5545

  Ilk, D ^a,b   Currie, S M ^a,c   Symmons, D ^d   Rushing, J A ^d   Blasingame, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DeGolyer and MacNaughton   (United States)

^c Devon Energy Corporation   (United States)

^d ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATTICE CONSTANTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROVEN RESERVES; TIGHT GAS; TRANSITION FLOW;

BOUNDARY DOMINATED FLOW; DERIVATIVE FUNCTIONS; EXPONENTIAL COMPONENTS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS;

EID: 78651084264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/135616-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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