Numerical simulation and modeling of enhanced gas recovery and CO 2 sequestration in shale gas reservoirs: A feasibility study

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on CO2 Capture, Storage, and Utilization 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 533-550

  Kalantari Dahaghi, A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED GAS; DESORPTION PROCESS; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK MODELS; ECONOMIC EFFECT; ECONOMIC RECOVERY; ENHANCED GAS RECOVERIES; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PROPERTY; GAS FLOWS; GRIDDING; HISTORY MATCHING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INJECTION STUDIES; INJECTION TIME; INJECTIVITY; INTEGRATED WORKFLOW; LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT; MATRIX; MATRIX SWELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POROSITY MODELS; PRODUCTION PROFILES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SHALE GAS; SORPTION AFFINITY; SUB-GRIDS; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; BRITTLENESS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DESORPTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PLANNING; RECOVERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE; WATER INJECTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 79953091539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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