Probabilistic decline curve analysis reliably quantifies uncertainty in shale gas reserves regardless of stage of depletion

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 166-175

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERS; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE GAS;

CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGY; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873843945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/161300-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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