Gas threshold pressure test performed at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory (Switzerland): Experimental data and data analysis

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 631-645

  Croise J ^a   Mayer, G ^a   Marschall, P ^b   Matray, J M ^c   Tanaka, T ^d   Vogel, P ^e  

^a AF Colenco Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d OBAYASHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PRESSURE RECOVERY SEQUENCES; WATER INJECTIONS;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BOREHOLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLAY; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; GAS STORAGE; GAS TRANSPORT; GAS WELL; HYDRAULICS; PERMEABILITY; TESTING METHOD; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33751564842     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:2006003     Document Type: Article

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