Pore networks and fluid flow in gas shales

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1550-1557

  Wang, F P ^a   Reed, R M ^a   John, A ^b   Katherine, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DATA; BARNETT SHALE; FLUID FLOW; FREE GAS; GAS CONTENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS SHALES; GAS SLIPPAGE EFFECT; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HIGH POROSITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON FLOW; MATRIX; NANOFILTERS; NATURAL FRACTURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE NETWORKS; POROUS MEDIA; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NANOFILTRATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; SHALE;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 78349289648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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