Water distribution in the Montney tight gas play of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin: Significance for resource evaluation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-167

  Wood, J M ^a  

^a EnCana Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROVEN RESERVES; RESOURCE VALUATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TIGHT GAS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WELL LOGGING;

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; IRREDUCIBLE WATER SATURATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE EVALUATION; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84875667813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/161824-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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