Klinkenberg effect on predicting and measuring helium permeability in gas shales

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-68

  Firouzi, Mahnaz ^a   Alnoaimi, Khalid ^a   Kovscek, Anthony ^a   Wilcox, Jennifer ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helium; Klinkenberg; Measurement; Molecular modeling; Permeability; Shale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894260833     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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