Home Services Resources Software Contact Us News HOME→ RESOURCES → PLAY TYPES → SHALE GAS SHALE GAS Sample Types Conventional Core Cuttings Fluids Outcrop Percussion Sidewall Cores Produced Material Rotary Sidewall Cores Play Types CO2 Sequestration Coal Bed Methane Comprehensive Core and Fluid Evaluation Deepwater Enhanced Oil Recovery Heavy Oil and Bitumen-Rich Sands Shale Gas Tight Gas Sands Literature While the protocols for evaluating conventional reservoirs were established decades ago, shale gas is just now becoming a viable energy source. As a result, best practices for maximizing its production are highly debated. Even among the best and brightest in our industry, there is broad disagreement about the fundamentals of shale gas science. The truth is, we are in the steep part of a learning curve about how best to analyze-and optimize-these reservoirs. Despite differences of opinion, however, there is consensus about the importance of these three assessments in the analysis of shale gas opportunities: 1) Thermal maturity and richness; 2) Gas in place; 3) Frac-ability. Weatherford Laboratories is the only commercial entity in the world that offers all three of these disciplines under one roof. We provide unsurpassed geochemical, sorption properties and rock mechanics measurements-so reliable, in fact, that many of our competitors turn to us to run these tests. As the shale gas story unfolds, Weatherford Laboratories will be at the forefront of the discussion. We agree that better methodologies will evolve, that proven protocols will be established. In the interim, we deliver the most comprehensive shale gas testing available today-benefitting both you and your project. Related Services CORE MANAGEMENT ROUTINE CORE ANALYSIS WELLSITE SERVICES ADVANCED ROCK ANALYSIS GEOCHEMISTRY ROCK MECHANICS SORPTION PROPERTIES WELLSITE GEOSCIENCE SERVICES GEOLOGIC SERVICES Related Literature Permeability Of Wilcox Shale And Its Effective Pressure Law Permeability Of Illite-Bearing Shale: 1. Anisotropy And Effects Of Clay Content And Loading Permeability Of Illite-Bearing Shale: 2. Influence Of Fluid Chemistry On Flow And Functionally Connected Pores Deformation Of Wilcox Shale: Undrained Strengths And Effects Of Strain Rate Unconventional Shale Gas Reservoirs Datasheet Our shale studies address every major shale basin & formations in play today, including Delaware, Permian, Marcellus, Barnett, Haynesville and Ft. Worth in the U.S.; and the Montney, Muskwa, Fishscale, Doig Phosphate, Second White Specks and Bakken formations in Canada. 40 LABORATORIES 21 COUNTRIES 1 WORLDWIDE RESOURCE © 2014 Weatherford PRIVACY STATEMENT SITE MAP NEWS CONTACT US RESOURCES SERVICES HOME