Hydraulic fracturing of naturally fractured tight gas formations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2011, UGAS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 388-413

  Leguizamon, Javier ^a   Aguilera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; CURVE FITTING; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INTEGRATION TESTING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SHEAR FLOW; TEXTURES; TIGHT GAS; WELL TESTING;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; INTERGRANULAR POROSITY; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION DECLINE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION DECLINES; TIGHT GAS FORMATION; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79956303315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142727-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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