Nanometer-scale characterization of microscopic pores in shale kerogen by image analysis and pore-scale modeling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4066-4075

  Chen, Cheng ^a   Hu, Dandan ^a   Westacott, Donald ^a   Loveless, David ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

kerogen; lattice Boltzmann.; SEM; shale

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; GEOMETRICAL INFORMATIONS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KEROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NANOPORES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KEROGEN; LATTICE DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84889077504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20254     Document Type: Article

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