Case studies of a simple yet rigorous forecasting procedure for tight gas wells

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1369-1377

  Nobakht, M ^a   Morgan, Michael ^b   Mattar, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^c FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FRACTURE; GASES; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

BOUNDARY DOMINATED FLOW; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; EXPECTED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; FORECASTING METHODS; FORECASTING PROCEDURES; ORIGINAL GAS IN PLACES; PRODUCTION FORECASTING; SIMPLIFIED METHOD;

TIGHT GAS;

EID: 79952952482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137456-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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