Numerical simulation of shale-gas production: From pore-scale modeling of slip-flow, Knudsen diffusion, and Langmuir desorption to reservoir modeling of compressible fluid

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 706-716

  Shabro, V ^a   Torres Verdin C ^a   Javadpour, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; GASES; ITERATIVE METHODS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROPHYSICS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; SHALE GAS;

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; APPARENT PERMEABILITIES; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SURFACE MASS BALANCE; VERIFICATION METHOD;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 80052422044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144355-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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