Development of techniques to integrate hydraulic fracturing design and reservoir simulation technologies - Application to forecast production of stimulated wells in unconventional gas reservoirs

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 207-220

  Fazelipour, Waleed ^a  

^a BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; MULTICOMPONENT FLUID; RESERVOIR SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 79956332706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142337-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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