Compositional controls on mudrock pore-size distribution: An example from Niobrara Formation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 4288-4303

  Kuila, U ^a   Prasad, M ^a   Derkowski, A ^b   McCarty, D K ^c  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Chevron ETC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERALS; GAS ADSORPTION; MICROPOROSITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPOSITIONAL CONTROL; ILLITE-SMECTITE; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MESOPORE STRUCTURES; MINERAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CONTENT; THERMAL MATURITY;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 84874046616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/160141-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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