Flow units: From conventional to tight-gas to shale-gas to tight-oil to shale-oil reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-208

  Aguilera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PLASTIC FLOW; POROSITY; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL; TIGHT GAS;

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION DECLINE RATES; PRODUCTION DECLINES; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS; UNCONVENTIONAL PETROLEUMS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

DATA SET; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL SHALE; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CARDIUM;

EID: 84901915060     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/165360-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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