Production Analysis of Western Canadian Unconventional Light Oil Plays

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2011, CURC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1538-1560

  Clarkson, C R ^a   Pedersen, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION;

DRILLING AND COMPLETION; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; LOW PERMEABILITY OIL; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PETROPHYSICAL CUTOFF; PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84860556774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/149005-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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