Modeling transient flow behavior of a horizontal well in a coal seam

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-68

  Nie, Ren Shi ^a   Meng, Ying Feng ^a   Guo, Jian Chun ^a   Jia, Yong Lu ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CBM; Horizontal well; Langmuir adsorption isotherm; Pseudo steady diffusion; Transient flow

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; CBM; COAL SEAMS; DARCY FLOWS; DUAL POROSITY; EXTERNAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL WELL PRODUCTION; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MATRIX; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH RESULTS; RESERVOIR MODELS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TRANSIENT FLOW; TRANSIENT FLOW BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT TRANSPORT; TYPE CURVES; VERTICAL WELLS; WELL TEST INTERPRETATION; WELLBORE;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RESEARCH; WELL TESTING;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 84857122948     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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