This timely book begins with an overview of shale gasreservoir features such as natural
fracture systems multi-fractured horizontalwells adsorption desorption of methane and
non-linear flow within thereservoir. Geomechanical modelling an aspect of importance in
ultra-lowpermeability reservoirs is also presented in detail. Taking these complex features of
shale reservoirs intoaccount the authors develop a numerical model which is verified with
fielddata using the history matching technique. Based on this model the pressuretransient and
production characteristics of a fractured horizontal well in ashale gas reservoir are analysed
with respect to reservoir and fractureproperties. Methods for the estimation of shale
properties are also detailed.Minifrac tests rate transient tests (RTA) and type curve
matching are used toestimate the initial pressure permeability and fracture half-length.
Lastly future technologies such as the technique of injecting CO2 into shalereservoirs are
presented. The book will be of interest to industrial practitioners aswell as to academics and
graduate students in the field of reservoirengineering.
