Variation of gas flow properties in coal with probe gas, composition and fabric: Examples from western Canadian sedimentary basin

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-52

  Adeboye, Oyeleye O ^a   Bustin, R Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal; Coal bed methane; Coal diffusivity; Coal matrix permeability; Coal permeability; Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL FRACTURES; COAL MATRIX; COAL PERMEABILITIES; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLOW PROPERTIES; FOUR-ORDER; GAS MOLECULES; GAS TYPE; INERTINITE; INSITU STRESS; LIPTINITES; MACERALS; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MICRO FABRIC; PERMEABILITY DIFFERENCE; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; SAMPLE TESTING; STRESS CONDITION; SUBBITUMINOUS; SWELLING EFFECT; VITRINITES; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS; WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DIFFUSION; GASES; METHANE; SETTLING TANKS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COALBED METHANE; DIFFUSIVITY; GAS FLOW; IN SITU STRESS; MACERAL; PERMEABILITY; PETROFABRIC; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL;

WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 84874297531     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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