An experimental study of spontaneous imbibition in Horn River shales

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 732-745

  Makhanov, K ^a   Dehghanpour, H ^a   Kuru, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELL LOGGING; RESOURCE VALUATION; RIVERS; SHALE; WELL LOGGING;

AQUEOUS PHASIS; BEDDING PLANES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84875637882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/162650-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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