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Improved shale reservoir training has been declared as a critical requirement for meeting future oil and gas demands. Shale Oil & Gas Reservoirs: Criteria and Cutoffs, answers that call by addressing the reservoir characteristics, lab tests, and critical evaluation concepts that are somewhat unique to shale oil & gas plays. The presented information is concise, practical, and primarily intended for those directly engaged in ranking, valuing, or optimizing shale development opportunities. The book reviews and expands upon key topics the author covers in shale training courses, which have been conducted in a dozen different countries for hundreds of industry professionals.
Features and Benefits
- Pragmatic review of the unique concepts and critical measurements for characterizing shales
- Insights to improve communications between shale evaluation team members and to maximize the amount of information extracted from shale presentations, publications, and data rooms
- Coverage of many practical and neglected methods for developing more reliable valuations of producing properties and prospects
- Clarification of shale terminology and many misunderstood aspects of shale reservoir analysis
- Guidance on adopting specific maximum and minimum cutoffs for dozens of key formation characteristics that control the hydrocarbon storage and flow capacities of shale reservoirs
Audience
- Engineers
- Geoscientists
- Technicians
- Service company representatives
- Energy lending and finance professionals
- Anyone looking to gain insights into shale characteristics and analysis
- Students
