Intrinsic shale permeability determined by pressure-pulse measurements using a multiple-mechanism apparent-gas-permeability non-Darcy model

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 3941-3951

  Civan, Faruk ^a   Rai, Chandra S ^a   Sondergeld, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; SHALE;

FLOW CONDITION; FREE MOLECULAR FLOW; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; NON-DARCY FLOW; NON-DARCY MODELS; PRESSURE PULSE; PRESSURE PULSE TEST;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 78651102303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/135087-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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