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

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-121

  Yu, Wei ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; GASES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL FRACTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEARCH ENGINES; SHALE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; FRACTURE SPACING; GAS PRODUCTIONS; RESPONSE-SURFACE METHODOLOGY; UNCERTAIN FACTORS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS;

POROSITY;

EID: 84901788255     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: 21564663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/165343-PA     Document Type: Article

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