Forecasting long-term gas production from shale

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 19660-19661

  Cueto Felgueroso, Luis ^a   Juanes, Ruben ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL; GROUND WATER; NATURAL GAS;

ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS; NOTE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL SHALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OIL AND GAS FIELDS;

EID: 84889649025     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319578110     Document Type: Note

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