Applying probabilistic well-performance parameters to assessments of shale-gas resources

*Slightly adapted reprint of U.S.G.S. Open-File Report 2010-1151 (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1151/), which in turn was adapted from oral presentation at AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 11-14, 2010. See related article, Search and Discovery Article #40579 (2010), a reprint of U.S.G.S Open-File Report 2010-1138, “Assembling Probabilistic Performance Parameters of Shale-Gas Wells” (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1138/).