Measuring low permeabilities of gas-sands and shales using a pressure transmission technique

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1135-1144

  Metwally, Yasser M ^a,b   Sondergeld, Carl H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture permeability; Gas shale; Matrix permeability; Pressure decay

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GASES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS;

EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; GAS SANDS; GAS SHALES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PRESSURE DECAY; PRESSURE TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

ANISOTROPY; CONFINING PRESSURE; FRACTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80053130631     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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