Beyond dual-porosity modeling for the simulation of complex flow mechanisms in shale reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2013

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1026-1047

  Yan, Bicheng ^a   Wang, Yuhe ^a   Killough, John E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; KEROGEN; NANOPORES; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SHALE;

ARBITRARY TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE NETWORK; INORGANIC MATTERS; MICROSCOPIC STUDY; MULTIPLE POROSITIES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84881156933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163651-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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