Author : Mehdi Zeidouni
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031235592
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)
Book Synopsis Shale Hydrocarbon Recovery by : Mehdi Zeidouni
Download or read book Shale Hydrocarbon Recovery written by Mehdi Zeidouni and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main focus of this book is to show the challenges specific to shale hydrocarbon recovery and the practices to overcome these challenges. This book starts with an overview to the technological evolution that led to successful production of shale plays, and the implications of the shale being a source rock for its hydrocarbon recovery. The second chapter presents the operations of well drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and monitoring activities. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the available methods for reserve estimation of shale resources followed by comprehensive coverage of decline curve analysis (DCA). In a departure from the mostly empirical rate-time DCA methods covered in Chapter 3, advanced rate-time-pressure analysis – often referred to as rate transient analysis (RTA) - methods are presented in Chapter 4. Chapter 4 ends with discussing the complications of fluid flow in shale reservoirs and the required modeling improvements.