A comparative analysis of the production characteristics of cavity completions and hydraulic fractures in coalbed methane reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting 1999, RMR 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Goktas, B ^a   Ertekin, T ^b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; FIREDAMP; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; WELL STIMULATION;

COAL BED METHANE WELLS; COAL SEAM PERMEABILITY; COALBED METHANE RESERVOIR; LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES;

METHANE;

EID: 85086057821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/55600-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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