Simulation of gas desorption and geomechanics effects for unconventional gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 718-732

  Yu, Wei ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DESORPTION; ENERGY RESOURCES; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SHALE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; GAS WELL PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

GASES;

EID: 84881378774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/165377-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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