A mechanistic approach in the numerical modeling of the cavity completion method of coalbed methane stimulation

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1903-1910

  Choi, S K ^a   Wold, M B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; FIREDAMP; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK MECHANICS;

CAVITY COMPLETION; CAVITY FORMATION; FLUID INJECTIONS; FULLY-COUPLED; INJECTION FLUIDS; OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; STIMULATION MECHANISM;

METHANE;

EID: 84889201831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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