A review of recent developments and challenaes in shale gas recovery

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 621-651

  Arogundade, O ^a   Sohrabi, M ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RECOVERY; SHALE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBONS; GAS EXPLOITATION; IMPROVED TECHNIQUES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PERMEABILITY FORMATIONS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

SHALE;

EID: 84906544360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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