Measurement of the Two-Phase Gas Slippage Phenomenon and its Effect on Gas Relative Permeability in Tight Gas Sands

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2151-2159

  Rushing, J A ^a   Newsham, K E ^a   Van Fraassen, K C ^b  

^a ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS RECOVERY; GAS SANDS; GAS SLIPPAGE EFFECTS;

LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

EID: 1142265131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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