Applying innovative production modeling techniques to quantify fracture characteristics, reservoir properties, and well performance in shale gas reservoirs

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 3111-3122

  Miller, Mark A ^a   Jenkins, Creties ^b   Rai, Rakesh ^c  

^a Lucid Reservoir Technologies   (United States)

^b DeGolyer and MacNaughton   (United States)

^c Object Reservoir   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GASES; GASOLINE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROVEN RESERVES; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE GRIDS; FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PERFORMANCE FORECASTING; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

WELL SPACING;

EID: 79953102762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139097-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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