Reservoir modeling and production evaluation in shale-gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2010, APOGCE 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-15

  Cipolla, C L ^a   Lolon, E P ^b   Mayerhofer, M J ^c  

^a Carbo Ceramics ^*  (United States)

^b StrataGen Engineering   (United States)

^c HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; COMPLEX FLOW; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE SPACING; GAS DESORPTION; GAS DEVELOPMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS RECOVERY; GAS RESERVOIR; HIGH RATE; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MICROSEISMIC FRACTURE MAPPING; NATURAL FRACTURE; PLANAR MODEL; PRODUCTION DATA; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION EVALUATION; PRODUCTION MODELING; PRODUCTION PROFILES; PRODUCTION RATES; PROPPANTS; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; RESERVOIR AREA; RESERVOIR MODELING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; ROCK FABRICS; ROCK MATRIX; SELECTED EXAMPLES; SHALE GAS; STIMULATION DESIGN; WELL PERFORMANCE; WELL PRODUCTIVITY; WELLBORE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DATA REDUCTION; DESORPTION; ENERGY RESOURCES; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; SHALE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 79952825579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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