Structural characterization of gas shales on the micro- and nano-scales

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1933-1947

  Curtis, M E ^a   Ambrose, R J ^b   Sondergeld, C H ^a   Rai, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Devon Energy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; CLAY PLATELETS; CROSSSECTIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA SETS; FLOW MECHANISMS; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS SHALES; GRAY-SCALE RANGE; INORGANIC MATRICES; MERCURY INJECTION CAPILLARY PRESSURES; MICRO-TEXTURE; MINERAL CONTENT; SEM; SEM IMAGE; SHALE VOLUME; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

CLAY MINERALS; KEROGEN; MERCURY (METAL); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PORE SIZE; RESONANCE; RESOURCE VALUATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SHALE;

EID: 79952907583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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