Multiscale gas transport in shales with local kerogen heterogeneities

SPE Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1002-1011

  Yucel Akkutlu, I ^a   Fathi, Ebrahim ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SHALE GAS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATIONS; GAS PERMEATION MEASUREMENTS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; MOLECULAR PHENOMENA; PERTURBATION APPROACH; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STOCHASTIC UPSCALING;

GASES;

EID: 84874265951     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/146422-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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