The potential pitfalls of using North American tight and shale gas development techniques in the North African and middle eastern environments

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 684-699

  Martin, A N ^a   Eid, R ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUE; GAS DEVELOPMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS RESERVES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICAN; OPERATING COMPANIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SHALE GAS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHALE;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84856653983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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