Production data analysis in unconventional reservoirs with rate-normalized pressure (RNP): Theory, methodology, and applications

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 389-407

  Samandarli, Orkhan ^a   Valbuena, Ernesto ^a   Ehlig Economides, Christine ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; DAILY PRODUCTION; FIELD RATES; FLOW REGIMES; FLOWING PRESSURES; FORMATION PARAMETER; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; GAS RESERVES; GLOBAL MODELS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; PRESSURE DATA; PRESSURE RESPONSE; PRODUCTION DATA; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION RATES; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR VOLUME; SHALE GAS; VARIABLE RATE;

DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SHALE; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; SHALE OIL; WELL COMPLETION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84866051138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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