Submicron-pore characterization of shale gas plays

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 313-331

  Elgmati, Malek ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Bai, Baojun ^a   Flori, Ralph ^a   Qu, Qi ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GASES; GASOLINE; ION BEAMS; PETROPHYSICS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WETTING;

CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; MATERIAL SCIENCE; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE CHARACTERIZATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WETTABILITY TESTS;

SHALE GAS;

EID: 80052422203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144050-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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