Kerogen pore size distribution of barnett shale using DFT analysis and Monte Carlo simulations

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 4341-4354

  Adesida, Adelola G ^a   Akkutlu, I Yucel ^a   Resasco, Daniel E ^a   Rai, Chandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED GAS; ADSORPTION MEASUREMENT; BARNETT SHALE; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; EFFECTIVE SIZE; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FREE GAS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GAS SHALES; GIBBS ENSEMBLE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE WIDTH; POROUS STRUCTURES; PRODUCTION RATES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; THERMODYNAMIC STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GAS ADSORPTION; KEROGEN; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84856723729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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