Production analysis in unconventional reservoirs - Diagnostics, challenges, and methodologies

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 768-813

  Ilk, D ^a   Jenkins, C D ^a   Blasingame, T A ^b  

^a DeGolyer and MacNaughton   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DATA CORRELATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FLOW REGIME IDENTIFICATION; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 80052424941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144376-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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