Unconventional gas reservoirs / M. Rafiqul Islam.

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