The role of seismic attributes in understanding the hydraulically fracturable limits and reservoir performance in shale reservoirs: An example from the Eagle Ford Shale, south Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2217-2235

  Bodziak, Robert ^a   Demons, Kit ^a   Stephens, Andy ^a   Meek, Robert ^a  

^a South Texas Asset Pioneer Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMECHANICS; GRADING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROPPANTS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; WELL STIMULATION;

EFFECTIVE STIMULATION; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC DATA; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY;

SHALE;

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITHOFACIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; ROCK PROPERTY; SEISMIC DATA; SHALE; YOUNG MODULUS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919346823     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07021413140     Document Type: Article

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