Coalbed methane production: Why coal permeability matters

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2010, APOGCE 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 897-915

  Chen, Dong ^a   Liu, Jishan ^a   Pan, Zhejun ^b   Connell, Luke D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL GAS; DEFORMATION; DESORPTION; DEWATERING; FIREDAMP; FLOW OF WATER; METAL RECOVERY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; STRESSES;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; COAL DEFORMATIONS; COAL PERMEABILITIES; COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL BOUNDARIES; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PERMEABILITY MODIFICATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

METHANE;

EID: 79952847061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/133328-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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