A comparison of coal seam directional permeability as measured in laboratory core tests and in well interference tests

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

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Wold, M B ^a   Jeffrey, R G ^a  

^a SPE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELLS; WELL TESTING;

INTERFERENCE TESTS; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; PERMEABILITY TESTING; PRINCIPAL PERMEABILITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; THICK COMPOSITES; WELL INTERFERENCE TESTS;

CORE SAMPLES;

EID: 85088069233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/55598-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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