Using stochastic simulation to quantify risk and uncertainty in shale gas prospecting and development

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1189-1211

  Williams Kovacs, J D ^a   Clarkson, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ENERGY RESOURCES; FORECASTING; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROVEN RESERVES; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE VALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE GAS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION;

DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES; MULTI-FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS RESOURCES;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84860574803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/148867-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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