Shale gas-in-place calculations Part I: New pore-scale considerations

SPE Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-229

  Ambrose, Ray J ^a   Hartman, Robert C ^b   Diaz Campos, Mery ^a   Akkutlu, I Yucel ^a   Sondergeld, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Weatherford Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ION BEAMS; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS; NANOPORES; SHALE GAS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; GAS STORAGE CAPACITY; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CONTENTS;

GASES;

EID: 84860768486     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/131772-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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