Application of LogFAC* to Coalbed Methane Exploration in Western Canada: A Case History from Ardley Coals near Red Deer, Alberta

SPE Proceedings - Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 399-406

  Rozak, A Thomas ^a   Bustin, R Marc ^a   Strashok, Gary W ^a   Beaton, Andrew ^a   Richardson, Richard ^a   Hunter, Trent ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ALGORITHMS; COAL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL LOGGING; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

FRACTURE DETECTION SOFTWARE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

METHANE;

EID: 1642439009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/75676-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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2. Asquith, G., 1982, Basic Well Log Analysis For Geologists, Methods in Exploration Series, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 216 p.
3. Dresser Atlas, 1982, Well Logging and Interpretation Techniques, Dresser Atlas Industries, 241 p.
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5. Dawson, F.M., Marchioni, D.L., Anderson, T.C. and McDougall, W.J., An Assessment of Coalbed Methane Exploration Projects In Canada, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 549, 2000.
6. Close, J.C., 1993, Natural fractures in coal, in: Law, B.E., and Rice, D.D., (eds.) Hydrocarbons From Coal, AAPG Studies in Geology #38, pp. 119 - 132