Low permeability gas reservoirs and formation damage - Tricks and traps

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium 2000, GTS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Bennion, D B ^a   Thomas, F B ^a   Imer, D ^a   Ma, T ^a  

^a Hycal Energy Research Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; FORMATION DAMAGE; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOW PERMEABILITY GAS RESERVOIRS; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY; WORLD-WIDE BASIS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 52049098667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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