A discussion on the shale gas exploration & development prospect in the Sichuan Basin

Natural Gas Industry

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Dong, Dazhong ^a,b   Gao, Shikui ^c   Huang, Jinliang ^a,b   Guan, Quanzhong ^a,b   Wang, Shufang ^a,b   Wang, Yuman ^a,b  

^a PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

^b National Energy Shale Gas Research and Development Experimental Center   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Annual gas output; Challenge; Development prospect; Enrichment condition; Exploration and development; New process; Shale gas; Sichuan Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MARINE ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SHALE GAS;

ANNUAL GAS OUTPUT; CHALLENGE; DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; SICHUAN BASIN;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 84920537759     PISSN: 10000976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3787/j.issn.1000-0976.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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