Integrated unconventional shale gas reservoir modeling: A worked example from the Haynesville Shale, De Soto Parish, North Lousiana

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-152

  Diaz De Souza O C ^a   Sharp, A J ^a   Martinez, R C ^b   Foster, R A ^b   Reeves Simpson, M ^b   Piekenbrock, E J ^a   Abou Sayed, I ^c  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b EXCO Resources ^*  (United States)

^c I Stimulation Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL QUESTIONS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DELIVERABILITY; DOWNHOLE PRESSURE; DOWNHOLES; DUAL POROSITY; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PARAMETER; GAS SHALES; GENERATION AND UTILIZATION; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; HISTORY MATCHING; LOUISIANA; LOUSIANA; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; NATURAL FRACTURE; NONUNIQUENESS; OBSERVATION WELLS; PREDICTION MODES; PRESSURE DATA; PRESSURE DEPLETION; PRESSURE HISTORY; RESERVOIR MODELS; ROCK MATRIX; RUNNING-IN; SHALE GAS; SQUARE ROOTS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STIMULATION OPERATIONS; WORKED EXAMPLES;

DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE; GAS SUPPLY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; POROSITY; RESOURCE VALUATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; WELL SPACING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84866027611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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