Optimising remote unconventional gas exploration

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition 2013, UGAS 2013 - Unconventional and Tight Gas: Bridging the Gaps for Sustainable Economic Development

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 378-390

  Rylance, Martin ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIGHT GAS; WELL COMPLETION; WELL STIMULATION;

COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; REMOTE EXPLORATIONS; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 84880492775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163987-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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