Determination of gas permeability of tight reservoir cores without using klinkenberg correlation

SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, APOGCE

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 229-240

  Li, Shuliang ^a   Dong, Mingzhe ^a   Dai, Liming ^a   Li, Zhaowen ^a   Pan, Xuefeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b University of Regina ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PORE SIZE; RELIABILITY;

GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; KLINKENBERG CORRELATION; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22144438693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/88472-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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