Differences and similarities in the stimulation and production of shale gas reservoirs and other tight formations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1986-1994

  Economides, M J ^a   Wang, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Xgas LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RECOVERY; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS;

FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY;

GASES;

EID: 79952926474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137718-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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