An efficient reservoir simulation approach to design and optimize unconventional gas production

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 349-365

  Yu, Wei ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SIMULATORS; ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DESIGN; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SEARCH ENGINES; SHALE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84881386892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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