Exponential growth in San Juan Basin fruitland coalbed permeability with reservoir drawdown: Model match and new insights

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 914-925

  Shi, J Q ^a   Durucan, S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; COMPRESSIBILITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL GAS WELLS; RECOVERY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SHRINKAGE;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; COALBED PERMEABILITY; COMPRESSIBILITY PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE STRESS EFFECTS; INITIAL PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; VOLUME COMPRESSIBILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

COAL SEAM; COMPRESSIBILITY; DESORPTION; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RESERVOIR; WELL;

FAIRWAY BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN JUAN BASIN [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952376691     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/123206-PA     Document Type: Article

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