Forecasting gas production in organic shale with the combined numerical simulation of gas diffusion in Kerogen, Langmuir desorption from Kerogen surfaces, and advection in nanopores

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 1795-1806

  Shabro, V ^a   Torres Verdin C ^a   Sepehrnoori, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLOW OF GASES; FORECASTING; GASES; KEROGEN; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; SHALE GAS;

APPARENT PERMEABILITIES; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84874051121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/159250-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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