Global unconventional gas resource assessment

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 810-825

  Dong, Z ^a   Holditch, S A ^a   McVay, D A ^a   Ayers, W B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COALBEDS; GAS RESOURCE; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; ORIGINAL GAS IN PLACES; RECOVERABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE BASE; RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS; SHALE GAS; TIGHT SANDS; TOPDOWN;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ESTIMATION; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RATING; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

GASES;

EID: 84860633441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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