Predicting shale reservoir response to stimulation in the upper Devonian of West Virginia

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 853-868

  Moos, Daniel ^a   Vassilellis, G ^a   Cade, R ^a   Franquet, J ^a   Lacazette, A ^b,d   Bourtembourg, E ^c   Daniel, G ^c  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b EQT Production Company   (United States)

^c Magnitude SAS ^*  (United States)

^d NaturalFracturescom LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; DEVONIANS; DUAL POROSITY; DUAL-PERMEABILITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; HIGH QUALITY; INJECTION FLOW RATE; NATURAL FRACTURE; PRESSURE SENSITIVE; PRODUCTION LOGGING; PRODUCTION PREDICTION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESERVOIR VOLUME; SHALE GAS; SHEAR SLIP; SIMILAR MODELS; STIMULATION DESIGN; WELL PRODUCTION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; WATER INJECTION; WELL STIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84856638913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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