Using Production Data to Generate P10, P50 and P90 Type-Curves for Shale Gas Prospects

摘要

As a result of improved technology and declining conventional gas reserves, shale gas (SG) and other tight-rock reservoirs have emerged as significant sources of oil and natural gas. Since late-2008 natural gas prices have been depressed in North America as a result of oversupply with unmatched demand. Suppressed commodity pricing has made unconventional gas production uneconomic or marginally economic in many areas, which places a greater emphasis on prospect analysis and careful selection of areas of investigation and drilling locations.