Coal failure and consequences for coalbed methane wells

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3505-3515

  Palmer, I ^a   Moschovidis, Z ^b   Cameron, J ^b  

^a Higgs Technologies

^b PCM Technical

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; METHANE; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; PROBABILITY;

COAL FAILURE; COAL RANK; COALBED METHANE (CBM) WELL; SHEAR FAILURE;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

EID: 33644790262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/96872-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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