Unconventional Shale Gas Development: Lessons Learned gives engineers the latest research developments and practical applications in today’s operations. Comprised of both academic and corporate contributors, a balanced critical review on technologies utilized are covered. Environmental topics are presented, including produced water management and sustainable operations in gas systems. Machine learning applications, well integrity and economic challenges are also covered to get the engineer up-to-speed. With its critical elements, case studies, history plot visuals and flow charts, the book delivers a critical reference to get today’s petroleum engineers updated on the latest research and applications surrounding shale gas systems.
1. Unconventional Shale Gas Development - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 10. List of Tables - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 1 : Field development and asset management - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 2 : Geological characterization of unconventional shale-gas reservoirs - p. Page 29 13. Chapter 3 : Construction and completion of multifractured horizontal wells - p. Page 63 14. Chapter 4 : Well control challenges in unconventional shale plays - p. Page 102 15. Chapter 5 : Wellbore/borehole stability in shale formation - p. Page 123 16. Chapter 6 : Advances in formation evaluation of shale systems - p. Page 149 17. Chapter 7 : Advances in interpretation of diagnostic fracture injection tests - p. Page 178 18. Chapter 8 : Fracture diagnostic testing - p. Page 213 19. Chapter 9 : Proppant placement - p. Page 246 20. Chapter 10 : Advances in geomechanical modeling - p. Page 275 21. Chapter 11 : Advances in flowback analysis: fracturing water production obeys a simple decline model - p. Page 296 22. Chapter 12 : Application of molecular dynamics simulations for shale gas systems - p. Page 317 23. Chapter 13 : Wettability modifiers for enhanced oil recovery from tight and shale reservoirs - p. Page 341 24. Chapter 14 : Scale considerations during petrophysical characterization of shales - p. Page 387 25. Chapter 15 : Challenges associated with lifting and loading in shale gas wellbore systems - p. Page 402 26. Chapter 16 : Production data analysis for shale gas wells - p. Page 415 27. Chapter 17 : Machine learning applications in unconventional shale gas systems - p. Page 431 28. Chapter 18 : Experimental evaluation of enhanced oil recovery in unconventional resource plays: a new screening protocol - p. Page 441 29. Chapter 19 : Spatial data analytics for optimum data declustering in shale systems - p. Page 455 30. Index - p. Page 469
Unconventional Shale Gas Development: Lessons Learned gives engineers the latest research developments and practical applications in today’s operations. Comprised of both academic and corporate contributors, a balanced critical review on technologies utilized are covered. Environmental topics are presented, including produced water management and sustainable operations in gas systems. Machine learning applications, well integrity and economic challenges are also covered to get the engineer up-to-speed. With its critical elements, case studies, history plot visuals and flow charts, the book delivers a critical reference to get today’s petroleum engineers updated on the latest research and applications surrounding shale gas systems.
1. Unconventional Shale Gas Development - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 10. List of Tables - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 1 : Field development and asset management - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 2 : Geological characterization of unconventional shale-gas reservoirs - p. Page 29 13. Chapter 3 : Construction and completion of multifractured horizontal wells - p. Page 63 14. Chapter 4 : Well control challenges in unconventional shale plays - p. Page 102 15. Chapter 5 : Wellbore/borehole stability in shale formation - p. Page 123 16. Chapter 6 : Advances in formation evaluation of shale systems - p. Page 149 17. Chapter 7 : Advances in interpretation of diagnostic fracture injection tests - p. Page 178 18. Chapter 8 : Fracture diagnostic testing - p. Page 213 19. Chapter 9 : Proppant placement - p. Page 246 20. Chapter 10 : Advances in geomechanical modeling - p. Page 275 21. Chapter 11 : Advances in flowback analysis: fracturing water production obeys a simple decline model - p. Page 296 22. Chapter 12 : Application of molecular dynamics simulations for shale gas systems - p. Page 317 23. Chapter 13 : Wettability modifiers for enhanced oil recovery from tight and shale reservoirs - p. Page 341 24. Chapter 14 : Scale considerations during petrophysical characterization of shales - p. Page 387 25. Chapter 15 : Challenges associated with lifting and loading in shale gas wellbore systems - p. Page 402 26. Chapter 16 : Production data analysis for shale gas wells - p. Page 415 27. Chapter 17 : Machine learning applications in unconventional shale gas systems - p. Page 431 28. Chapter 18 : Experimental evaluation of enhanced oil recovery in unconventional resource plays: a new screening protocol - p. Page 441 29. Chapter 19 : Spatial data analytics for optimum data declustering in shale systems - p. Page 455 30. Index - p. Page 469
