Tight gas sands development is critical to future world energy resources

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 143-154

  Khlaifat, Abdelaziz ^a   Qutob, Hani ^a   Barakat, Naiem ^a  

^a Weatherford Oil Tool Middle East   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFILL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROVEN RESERVES; RESOURCE VALUATION; SAND; TIGHT GAS;

ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SATURATED RESERVOIRS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 79956324406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142049-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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