Unconventional oil and gas resources : exploitation and development

Content: Chapter 1. Forward / Steve Holditch --
chapter 2. Introduction / Usman Ahmed and I. Yucel Akkutlu --
chapter 3. Characteristics of unconventional oil and gas resources / Usman Ahmed and D. Nathan Meehan --
chapter 4. The unconventional basins and plays : North America, the rest of the world, and emerging basins / Robert Kennedy, Lucy Xin Luo, and Vello Kusskra --
chapter 5. Unconventional resources workflow : exploitation and development / William Knecht and Shanna Sambol-Koseoglu --
chapter 6. Seismic reservoir characterization applications for unconventional resources / Rob Mayer, Gabino Castillo, Kevin Chesser, Guy Oliver, Chi Vinh Ly, Simon Voisey, Norbert Van de Coevering, and Antoine Bouziat --
chapter 7. Pilot projects in unconventional resources development / Michael A. Addis, Hans-Christian Freitag, and Alfredo Mendez --
chapter 8. Formation evaluation and reservoir characterization of source rock reservoirs / Matt W. Bratovich and Frank Walles --
chapter 9. Role of geomechanical engineering in unconventional resources developments / Michael A. Addis, Sanjeev Bordoloi, Javier A. Franquet, Patrick J. Hooyman, Robert S. Hurt, Julie E. Kowan, Abbas Khaksar, Neal B. Nagel, and See H. Ong --
chapter 10. Laboratory tests and considerations to complement the overall reservoir understanding / Brian J. Davis, Russell Maharidge, and Joel Walls --
chapter 11. Reservoir engineering aspects of unconventional oil and gas / D. Nathan Meehan and Usman Ahmed --
chapter 12. The art of data mining and its impact on unconventional reservoir development / Randy F. LaFollette, Xin (Lucy) Luo, and Ming Zhong --
chapter 13. Unconventional reserves and resources accounting and booking / Rawdon Seager --
chapter 14. Production evaluation and forecasting / George Vassilellis, Craig Cipolla, James C. Erdle, and Usman Ahmed --
chapter 15. Drilling systems for unconventionals / Rajdeep Gupta, Deepak K. Khatri, Ashish K. Goel, and Gregory L. Devenish --
chapter 16. Multistage completion systems for unconventionals / William (Aaron) Burton --
chapter 17. Stimulations of unconventional reservoirs / Tony Martin, Sergey Kotov, Scott G. Nelson, and David Cramer --
chapter 18. Flow assurance / Stephen Szymczak --
chapter 19. Artificial lift technologies / Alex Vilcinskas --
chapter 20. Monitoring technologies : microseismic, fiber optic, and tracers / Pierre-François Roux, Edmund Leung, Cooper C. Gill, and Usman Ahmed --
chapter 21. Rejuvenating unconventional resources / Robert Kennedy, Iman Oraki Kohshour, and Usman Ahmed --
chapter 22. Environmental issues in unconventional oil and gas resource development / D. Nathan Meehan --
chapter 23. Case studies, accessing JewelSuiteTM software and data / Marie P. Meyet, Iman Oraki Kohshour, Sachin Ghorpade, Seun Oyinloye, Randall Cade, and Usman Ahmed --
chapter 24. New considerations and future trends in reservoir technologies for unconventional resources development / I. Yucel Akkutlu --
chapter 25. Epilogue / Usman Ahmed, D. Nathan Meehan, and I. Yucel Akkutlu.