A USANS/SANS study of the accessibility of pores in the barnett shale to methane and water

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 772-779

  Ruppert, Leslie F ^a   Sakurovs, Richard ^b   Blach, Tomasz P ^c   He, Lilin ^d   Melnichenko, Yuri B ^d   Mildner, David F R ^e   Alcantar Lopez, Leo ^f  

^a National Center   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; BARNETT SHALE; DEUTERATED METHANES; DEUTERATED WATER; GAS EXTRACTIONS; HYDRO-FRACTURING; MINERAL MATTERS; MISSISSIPPIANS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHASIS; SCATTERED INTENSITY; SIZE RANGES; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; TOTAL POROSITY; ULTRA-SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

DEUTERIUM; METHANE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SHALE;

EID: 84874187293     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef301859s     Document Type: Article

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