A study on two phase, non-darcy gas flow through proppant packs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 675-685

  Jin, L ^a,b   Penny, G S ^a  

^a Stim Lab Inc   (United States)

^b Enron Oil and Gas International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE; PROPPANTS; VISCOSITY; AGENTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW;

EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; LIQUID PROPERTIES; LIQUID SATURATION; LIQUID-TO-GAS RATIO; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

FORCHHEIMER COEFFICIENT; NON-DARCY FLOW; PROPPANTS;

EID: 0031640169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/49248-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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