Numerical study of CO2 enhanced natural gas recovery and sequestration in shale gas reservoirs

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 406-419

  Sun, Hai ^a   Yao, Jun ^a   Gao, Sun hua ^a   Fan, Dong yan ^a   Wang, Chen chen ^a   Sun, Zhi xue ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

CSEGR; Dual porosity; Knudsen diffusion; Numerical simulation; Ordinary diffusion; Shale gas reservoir

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE SIZE; RECOVERY; SHALE GAS;

CONCENTRATION VARIATION; CSEGR; DUAL POROSITY; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; NATURAL GAS RECOVERIES; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS;

GAS INDUSTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DUAL POROSITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALE;

EID: 84886995185     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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