Variable gas content, saturation, and accumulation characteristics of Weibei coalbed methane pilot-production field in the southeastern Ordos Basin, China

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1371-1393

  Yao, Yanbin ^a   Liu, Dameng ^a   Qiu, Yongkai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; FIREDAMP; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHANE; PILOT PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; GAS ACCUMULATION MODEL; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC TRAPPING; HYDROLOGICAL FACTORS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ORDOS BASIN , CHINA;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

ACCUMULATION; COAL RANK; COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; COALIFICATION; DIFFUSION; FLUSHING; GAS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; PENNSYLVANIAN; SATURATION; THERMAL MATURITY; TRAPPING;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 84883589190     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02131312123     Document Type: Article

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