Long term effect of natural fractures closure on gas production from unconventional reservoirs

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn 2014-January, Issue January, 2014, Pages 104-117

  Aybar, Umut ^b   Eshkalak, Mohammad O ^b   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^b   Patzek, Tad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERS; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; INVESTMENTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONSTANT BOTTOM-HOLE PRESSURES; CUMULATIVE GAS PRODUCTIONS; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; LONG TERM PRODUCTION; LONG-TERM INVESTMENT; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84932089005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/171010-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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