Simulation of a shale gas field development: An example from Western Australia

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2012, UGAS - Unlocking Unconventional Gas: New Energy in the Middle East

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 315-324

  God̈eke, Stefan ^a   Hossain, Md Mofazzal ^b  

^a OPES International ^*  (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; COOPER BASIN; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; GAS PRICE; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS; LOW PERMEABILITY; NET PRESENT VALUE; PETROPHYSICAL; RELATED VARIABLES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHALE GAS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VERTICAL WELLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORKFLOW MODELS;

EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHALE; WELL DRILLING;

NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 84860995549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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