Experimental investigation of matrix permeability of gas shales

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 975-995

  Heller, Rob ^a   Vermylen, John ^a   Zoback, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PORE PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE GAS;

EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LONG TERM PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTION PROFILES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

DIFFUSION; GAS; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM; PORE PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE;

EID: 84902360162     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09231313023     Document Type: Article

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