A permeability model for coal and other fractured, sorptive-elastic media

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-324

  Robertson, Eric P ^a   Christiansen, Richard L ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; CURVE FITTING; FRACTURE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; COAL PERMEABILITIES; FIELD SIMULATION; FRACTURED MEDIA; HYDROSTATIC CONFINING PRESSURE; INPUT VARIABLES; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PERMEABILITY MODEL;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 53749105883     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/104380-PA     Document Type: Article

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