Cumulative-gas-production distribution on the nikanassin tight gas formation, alberta and British Columbia, Canada

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-376

  Solano, Nisael ^a   Zambrano, Liliana ^a   Aguilera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DEFORMATION; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; TIGHT GAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CUMULATIVE GAS PRODUCTIONS; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; DISTRIBUTION MODELS; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS FORMATION; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

GAS INDUSTRY;

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; CRETACEOUS; GAS PRODUCTION; JURASSIC; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79958712039     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/132923-PA     Document Type: Article

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