Measurement, modeling, and diagnostics of flowing gas composition changes in shale gas wells

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1147-1171

  Freeman, C M ^a   Moridis, G J ^b   Michael, G E ^c   Blasingame, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOWING WELLS; FRACTURE; GASES; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE SIZE; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE GAS;

COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; FRACTURE STIMULATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; RESERVES ESTIMATIONS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; TRANSITIONAL FLOW REGIMES;

OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84864667882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/153391-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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