Shale-Gas Permeability and Diffusivity Inferred by Improved Formulation of Relevant Retention and Transport Mechanisms

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 925-944

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Gas; Permeability; Pressure; Shale

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; DIFFUSION; GALLIUM; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

FREE MOLECULAR FLOW; HAGEN-POISEUILLE; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; SHALE FORMATION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; VARIATION OF PARAMETERS;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DARCY LAW; DIFFUSIVITY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; GAS FLOW; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; RETENTION; SHALE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79251597129     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9665-x     Document Type: Article

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