Pore-to-regional-scale integrated characterization workflow for unconventional gas shales

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-150

  Slatt, Roger M ^a   Philp, Paul R ^a   Abousleiman, Younane ^a   Singh, Prerna ^a,e   Perez, Roderick ^a   Portas, Romina ^a,f   Marfurt, Kurt J ^a   Madrid Arroyo, Steven ^a   O’Brien, Neal ^b   Eslinger, Eric ^c   Baruch, Elizabeth T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^c The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^f Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

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EID: 85053928673     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/13321461M97441     Document Type: Chapter

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