The uncertainty of future commercial shale gas availability

Society of Petroleum Engineers - European Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition 2014: Unlocking European Potential

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-264

  Rogner, Hans Holger ^a   Weijermars, Ruud ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; METHANE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE;

COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; THERMAL MATURITY; TIME VALUE OF MONEY; TRANSMISSION PIPELINES; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS;

SHALE GAS;

EID: 84905992837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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