Producing Coalbed Methane at High Rates at Low Pressures

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 4035-4042

  Simpson, David ^a   Kutas, Mike ^a  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COAL; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS PIPELINES; METHANE; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COALBED METHANE (CBM);

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142288584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84509-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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