A numerical model for multi-mechanism flow in shale gas reservoirs with application to laboratory scale testing

75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1274-1293

  Swami, Vivek ^a   Settari, A ^a   Javadpour, Farzam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; KEROGEN; NANOPORES; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTI MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; STORAGE MECHANISM; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

GASES;

EID: 84930439224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/164840-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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