Shale gas core analysis: Strategies for normalizing between laboratories and a clear need for standard materials

SPWLA 52nd Annual Logging Symposium 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Spears, Russell W ^a   Dudus, David ^b   Foulds, Andrew ^c,e   Passey, Quinn ^d   Sinha, Somnath ^d   Esch, William L ^d  

^a EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION COMPANY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ExxonMobil Production Germany   (Germany)

^d ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company   (Germany)

^e Petrafiz Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; GASES; LABORATORIES; POROSITY; SHALE GAS;

COMPARATIVE TESTING; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; GAS-FILLED POROSITIES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL CONSTANTS; STANDARD MATERIALS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85026928437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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