A semianalytical approach to estimating EUR in unconventional reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Gas Conference 2011, UGC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 558-569

  Kabir, C S ^a   Lake, Larry W ^b  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; EXPECTED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; FIELD DATA; GEOBODIES; INTRINSIC BEHAVIOR; OIL RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION PROFILES; SEMIANALYTICAL APPROACH;

ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 80052408231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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