Unconventional petroleum resources assessment: Progress and future prospects

Natural Gas Geoscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-246

  Qiu, Zhen ^a   Zou, Cai Neng ^a   Li, Jian Zhong ^a   Guo, Qiu Lin ^a   Wu, Xiao Zhi ^a   Hou, Lian Hua ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Resource assessment; Shale gas; Tight gas; Tight oil; Unconventional petroleum resource

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; TIGHT OIL; UNCONVENTIONAL PETROLEUMS;

OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

EID: 84878364578     PISSN: 16721926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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