Stimulation for methane-gas recovery from coal

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-207

  Jeffrey, R G ^a,b,e,f   Wold, M B ^a,b,g   Choi, S K ^b,h   Settari, Antonin ^c,d,i,j,k  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Intera Consultants Inc

^d AREVA NP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ Duke Engineering and Services   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; METHANE; METHANE PRODUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; ROCK MECHANICS;

GAS RECOVERY;

COAL GASIFICATION;

COAL;

EID: 0032148040     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/50970-PA     Document Type: Article

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