Analysis of production data in shale gas reservoirs: Rigorous corrections for fluid and flow properties

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 332-350

  Nobakht, M ^a,b   Clarkson, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GASES; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHALE GAS;

FLOW REGIME IDENTIFICATION; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; GAS SLIPPAGE EFFECT; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; ULTRA-LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 80455141605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/149404-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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