Author Description

<p>The oil and gas sector is a vital player in the energy transition. With their vast resource potential, unconventional shale plays will be an essential part in enabling this change. <i>Unconventional Resources</i> serves as a comprehensive reference covering the latest technologies, methodologies, and applications of unconventional shale resources in the oil and gas industry, and their role in the evolution of the sector's energy transition.</p><p>This book:</p><ul> <li>Offers an overview of geophysics, geology, and reservoir characterization in unconventional resources</li> <li>Discusses drilling, well stimulation and completion, production engineering, and artificial lift</li> <li>Covers reservoir management and surveillance, recovery enhancement, production forecasting, and surface facilities and testing</li> <li>Details technical and technological advances, including machine learning, AI, data analytics, and Industry 4.0</li> <li>Explores the latest methods/workflows in performance analysis in unconventional plays</li> <li>Employs integrated and hybrid approaches to the energy transition</li> </ul><p>The book provides surface and subsurface technical professionals in the oil and gas industry a thorough overview of unconventionals along with the integrated/hybrid applications that will enable them to stay current with the industry's transition.</p>