A generalized framework model for simulation of gas production in unconventional gas reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 483-503

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Li, Jianfang ^b   Ding, Didier ^a   Wang, Cong ^a   Di, Yuan ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b RIPED of PetroChina ^*  (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SIMULATORS; NONLINEAR ADSORPTION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; TRANSIENT FLOW BEHAVIOR; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84881061558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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