Relative permeability of CBM reservoirs: Controls on curve shape

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1122-1140

  Clarkson, C R ^a   Rahmanian, M R ^a   Kantzas, A ^a   Morad, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; METAL RECOVERY; METHANE; RESOURCE VALUATION;

EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION PROFILES; PSEUDO RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; STATIC FRACTURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79952957572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137404-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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