Transmission and scanning electron microscopy investigation of pore connectivity of gas shales on the nanoscale

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Gas Conference 2011, UGC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 835-844

  Curtis, Mark E ^a   Ambrose, Ray J ^a,b   Sondergeld, Carl H ^a   Rai, Chandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Devon Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; GASOLINE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PORE STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH PRESSURE MERCURY; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PORE CONNECTIVITY; RESOLUTION LIMITS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

SHALE GAS;

EID: 80052398021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144391-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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