Production analysis of tight gas and shale gas reservoirs using the dynamic-slippage concept

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 570-585

  Clarkson, C R ^a   Nobakht, M ^a,b   Kaviani, D ^a   Ertekin, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; KEROGEN; NANOPORES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; TIGHT GAS;

MULTI MECHANISMS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS FORMATION; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; TRANSIENT METHOD;

SHALE GAS;

EID: 80052424079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144317-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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