A process to evaluate unconventional resources

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 3065-3076

  Chan, Phillip ^a   Etherington, John R ^b   Aguilera, Roberto ^c  

^a AJM Petroleum Consultants   (Canada)

^b PRA International   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; EXTRACTION; GASOLINE; PROVEN RESERVES; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS;

APPLICATION GUIDELINES; CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EXTRACTION METHOD; PETROLEUM RESOURCES; SAMPLING DENSITIES; UNCONVENTIONAL PETROLEUMS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 78651108747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/134602-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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