The eagle ford shale play, south Texas: Regional variations in fluid types, hydrocarbon production and reservoir properties

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2013, IPTC 2013: Challenging Technology and Economic Limits to Meet the Global Energy Demand

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 3022-3033

  Tian, Vao ^a   Ayers, Walter B ^a   McCain Jr , William D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; REGIONAL VARIATION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; STIMULATION STRATEGIES; STRUCTURAL SETTING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL VARIATION;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GAMMA RAYS; GAS CONDENSATES; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; SHALE; SHALE OIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WELL STIMULATION;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 84883395319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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