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Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs

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Integrative Understanding of Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Shale gas reservoir shows several features dissimilar with conventional reservoir which make it difficult to understand behavior of it. In this chapter, these features such as natural fracture system, adsorption/desorption of gas, diffusion in nanopores, non-Darcy flow, and stress-dependent compaction are presented. In general, shale gas reservoir includes natural fractures which are believed to play a significant role in hydraulic fracture propagation and gas production.

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Lee, K.S., Kim, T.H. (2016). Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs. In: Integrative Understanding of Shale Gas Reservoirs. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29296-0_2

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