Bayesian probabilistic decline curve analysis quantifies shale gas reserves uncertainty

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 744-751

  Gong, Xinglai ^a   Gonzalez, Raul ^a   McVay, Duane ^a   Hart, Jeff ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FORECASTING; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN METHODOLOGY; BAYESIAN METHODS; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL PRODUCTION; HORIZONTAL GAS WELLS; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; NEWTON ITERATIONS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS;

PROVEN RESERVES;

EID: 84860638353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/147588-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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