Gas permeability of shale

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-409

  Sakhaee Pour, A ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DRAINAGE EXPERIMENTS; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTANCE; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY INCREASE;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

GAS WELL; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METHANE; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE;

EID: 84865249434     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/146944-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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