Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Handbook Evaluation and Development
Auteurs : Ma Y Zee, Holditch Stephen
Chapter 1: Introduction: Unconventional resources from exploration to production
Chapter 2: Worldwide recoverable unconventional gas resources evaluation
Chapter 3: Geochemistry applied to evaluation of unconventional resources
Chapter 4: Characterization of shale by laboratory experimentations
Chapter 5: Lithofacies and rock type classifications in unconventional formations
Chapter 6: Resource assessment and ranking for unconventional plays
Chapter 7: Finding production sweet spot in shale reservoirs by integrating seismic data and geology
Chapter 8: Seismic anisotropy and fracture detections in unconventional resource plays
Chapter 9: Pressure prediction in unconventional formations and impact on reservoir development
Chapter 10: Geomechanics for unconventional reservoirs
Chapter 11: Hydraulic fracturing in transverse isotropic media
Chapter 12: Production data analysis in shale gas reservoirs
Chapter 13: Transport properties in shale gas reservoirs: from nano-pores to reservoir scale
Chapter 14: The challenges and recent advances in modeling transport, storage and PVT behavior in shale oil and gas reservoirs
Chapter 15: Integrated reservoir modeling workflow for unconventional reservoirs
Chapter 16: Integrated modeling of natural and hydraulic fracture networks
Chapter 17: Microseismicity in unconventional reservoirs
Chapter 18: Completion optimization in producing oil and gas from tight formations
Chapter 19: Evaluating completion effectiveness and predicting well performances
Chapter 20: Gas hydrate reservoir characterization and development
Chapter 21: Fractured reservoirs in tight basement formations: From basin analysis to fracture modeling
Chapter 22: Uncertainty analysis and pitfalls in developing unconventional reservoirs
Stephen Holditch is currently a retired Professor Emeritus for the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University with a 39-year long career in the oil and gas industry. Prior to retirement, he was the Director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute from 2011-2013 and was the Head of the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at A&M from 2004-2012. Prior to his contri
- Presents methods for a full development cycle of unconventional resources, from exploration through production
- Explores multidisciplinary integrations for evaluation and development of unconventional resources and covers a broad range of reservoir characterization methods and development scenarios
- Delivers balanced information with multiple contributors from both academia and industry
- Provides case histories involving geological analysis, geomechanical analysis, reservoir modeling, hydraulic fracturing treatment, microseismic monitoring, well performance and refracturing for development of unconventional reservoirs
Date de parution : 10-2015
Ouvrage de 550 p.
19x23.3 cm
Thème d’Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Handbook :
Mots-clés :
Abnormal pressure; Abnormal; Adsorption isotherm; Asset development; Blanket sandstones; Classification; Completion efficiency; Complex fracture model; Core sampling; Core-log calibration; Correlation; Crossing; Fracture optimization; Fracturing fluid selection; Gas adsorption; Geomechanics; Granite wash; Heavy oil; Hydraulic fracturing; Hydrocarbon; Integrated evaluation; Knudsen diffusion; Liquid-rich tight sand; Liquids-rich; Lithofacies; Mechanical earth model; Mechanical properties; Microseismic monitoring; Nanopore confinement; Natural fractures; Neural network; NonDarcy flow; Oil; Overpressure; Permeability; Petrophysics; Pore pressure gradient; Pore pressure; Pore proximity; Porosity; Principal component analysis; Production drivers; Production modeling and optimization; Proppant selection; PVT; Real-time processing and analysis; Regression; Reservoir quality; Seismic attribute; Shale gas; Shale; Simpson's paradox; Slip flow; Stacked sandstones; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)Seismic reservoir characterization; Stress field; Stress shadow; Three-dimensional modeling; Tight formation; Tight formations; Tight gas sand; Tight gas sands; Tight-gas sandstones; Time-lapse; Unconventional globalization; Unconventional reservoirs; Water saturation; Well completion; Wireline logs