A technical and economic study of completion techniques in five emerging US gas shales

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 4831-4846

  Agrawal, A ^a   Wei, Y ^b   Cheng, K ^c   Holditch, S A ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b C and C Reservoirs Inc   (United States)

^c Texas A and M U   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOWCHARTING; GASES; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS;

CONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBONS; EXPLORATION DRILLING; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPTIMAL COMPLETION; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 78651097529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/135396-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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