Parametric investigation of shale gas production considering nano-scale pore size distribution, formation factor, and non-darcy flow mechanisms

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 4471-4490

  Michel, G G ^a   Sigal, R F ^a   Civan, F ^a   Devegowda, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT RATE; DARCY FLOWS; DARCY'S LAW; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; FLOW REGIMES; FORMATION FACTOR; IDEAL GAS; KLINKENBERG CORRECTION; MOLECULAR COLLISIONS; NANO-SCALE PORES; NON-DARCY FLOW; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; PERMEABILITY MEDIA; PORE WALL; PRODUCTION FORECASTING; REAL GAS; SHALE GAS; SLIP FLOW; TRANSPORT EQUATION; WELL ABANDONMENT;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; EXHIBITIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE SIZE;

SHALE;

EID: 84856729244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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