Determining shale permeability to gas by simultaneous analysis of various pressure tests

SPE Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 717-726

  Civan, Faruk ^a   Rai, Chandra S ^a   Sondergeld, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; FLOW OF GASES; TRANSMISSIONS;

APPARENT PERMEABILITIES; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; REFERENCE CONDITION; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENTS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84866864189     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/144253-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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