Production analysis and well performance forecasting of tight gas and shale gas wells

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 451-465

  Ilk, D ^a   Currie, S M ^a   Blasingame, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; OIL WELLS; WELL STIMULATION;

DATA CHARACTERISTICS; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 78751558522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139118-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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