TY  - BOOK
AU  - M,Rafiqul Islam
TI  - Unconventional gas reservoirs
SN  - 9780128003909
U1  - 622.3385 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Waltham, MS
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Gas reservoirs
N1  - Front Cover; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS RESERVOIRS; Copyright; 
       CONTENTS; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; 1.1
       SUMMARY; 1.2 UNCONVENTIONAL TO MAINSTREAM: A NECESSARY 
       PARADIGM SHIFT; 1.3 THE PARADOX OF UNCONVENTIONAL GAS; 1.4
       GREENING THE FUTURE OF UNCONVENTIONAL GAS; 1.5 PARADIGM 
       SHIFT IN RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; 1.6 THE SCIENCE OF 
       UNCONVENTIONAL GAS; 1.7 DEPICTING THE FUTURE; 1.8 THE END 
       GAME; Chapter 2 -- World Gas Reserve and the Role of 
       Unconventional Gas; 2.1 SUMMARY; 2.2 PETROLEUM IN THE BIG 
       PICTURE; 2.3 PETROLEUM RESERVE AROUND THE WORLD; 2.4 
       WORLDWIDE GAS RESERVE; 2.5 UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AROUND THE WORLD2.6 SUMMARY AND 
       CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 3 -- Important Features of 
       Unconventional Gas; 3.1 SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION; 3.2 
       OVERVIEW OF UNCONVENTIONAL GAS RESERVOIRS; 3.3 SPECIAL 
       FEATURES OF UNCONVENTIONAL GAS RESERVOIRS; 3.4 GLOBAL 
       WARMING AND NATURAL GAS; 3.5 DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF 
       UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; Chapter 4 -- Future Potentials 
       of Unconventional Gas: Challenges and Opportunities; 4.1 
       INTRODUCTION; 4.2 LESSONS LEARNT FROM ENHANCED OIL 
       RECOVERY; 4.3 CARBON SEQUESTRATION ENHANCED GAS RECOVERY; 
       4.4 ENHANCED GAS RECOVERY; 4.4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 5 -- Reservoir Characterization of Unconventional 
       Gas Formations5.1 SUMMARY; 5.2 INTRODUCTION; 5.3 ORIGIN OF
       FRACTURES; 5.4 SEISMIC FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; 5.5 
       RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION DURING DRILLING; 5.6 RESERVOIR 
       CHARACTERIZATION WITH IMAGE LOG AND CORE ANALYSIS; 5.7 
       MAJOR FORCES OF OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS; 5.8 RESERVOIR 
       HETEROGENEITY; 5.9 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SHALE; 5.10 
       SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR COALBED METHANE; Chapter 6 -- 
       Scientific Characterization of Unconventional Gas 
       Reservoirs; 6.1 SUMMARY; 6.2 INTRODUCTION; 6.3 SCIENCE OF 
       NATURE VERSUS NATURAL SCIENCE; 6.4 DELINEARIZED HISTORY OF CHARACTERIZATION OF MATTER AND
       ENERGY6.5 CHARACTERIZATION OF EVERYTHING IN EXISTENCE; 6.6
       ORGANIC AND MECHANICAL FREQUENCIES; 6.7 REDEFINING FORCE 
       AND ENERGY; 6.8 WHAT IS A NATURAL ENERGY SOURCE?; 6.9 THE 
       SCIENCE OF WATER AND PETROLEUM; 6.10 ORGANIC ORIGIN OF 
       PETROLEUM; 6.11 PLACEMENT OF UNCONVENTIONAL GAS IN THE 
       ENERGY PICTURE; Chapter 7 -- Overview of Reservoir 
       Simulation of Unconventional Reservoirs; 7.1 INTRODUCTION;
       7.2 ESSENCE OF RESERVOIR SIMULATION; 7.3 RECENT ADVANCES 
       IN RESERVOIR SIMULATION; 7.4 COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; 7.5 TOWARDS SOLVING NONLINEAR EQUATIONSChapter 8 -- 
       Economic Outlook and Conclusions; 8.1 SUMMARY; 8.2 
       ECONOMICS OF UNCONVENTIONAL AND ECONOMICS OF INTANGIBLES; 
       8.3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; INDEX
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