How permeability depends on stress and pore pressure in coalbeds: A new model

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 557-564

  Palmer, Ian ^a   Mansoori, John ^a  

^a Amoco Tulsa Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COMPRESSIBILITY; PORE PRESSURE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SHRINKAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

NATURALLY-FRACTURED FORMATIONS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PERMEABILITY FUNCTIONS; PORE VOLUME COMPRESSIBILITIES; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; STRESS-DEPENDENT; THEORETICAL MODELING; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; COAL DEPOSITS;

NATURALLY FRACTURED FORMATIONS; PORE VOLUME COMPRESSIBILITY;

EID: 0029727281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/36737-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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