Capillary forces: The neglected factor in shale instability studies?

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 71-84

  Forsans, Thierry M ^a   Schmitt, Laurent ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GASOLINE; PORE SIZE; ROCK MECHANICS;

CAPILLARY FORCE; LOW PERMEABILITY; PARTIAL SATURATION; SHALE INSTABILITY;

SHALE;

EID: 85053480078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/28029-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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