Introduction to Shale and Tight Oil Reservoirs

Dheiaa Alfarge; Mingzhen Wei; Baojun Bai

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818343-4.00001-2

Introduction to Shale and Tight Oil Reservoirs

Dheiaa Alfarge
, Mingzhen Wei
, Baojun Bai

Earth Sciences and Engineering

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This chapter introduces the basic definitions for shale and tight oil reservoirs. It also describes the main geological characteristics of such unconventional resources and discusses the production techniques used to develop them. Moreover, it explains the main problems, which make the oil recovery in such reservoirs so low. This chapter presents the necessity of using improved oil recovery (IOR) methods, as well as some issues and options during the IOR process.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Developments in Petroleum Science
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818343-4.00001-2
State	Published - Jan 1 2020

Keywords

huff-n-puff versus flooding mode
hydraulic fracturing
IOR methods in shale oil reservoirs
shale oil reservoirs
tight oil reservoirs
unconventional EOR methods
unconventional liquid-rich reservoirs
unconventional reservoir development

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Geology
Petroleum Engineering

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