Measurement of static coalbed-reservoir conditions for hydraulic-fracture design. Volume 2. Final report, March 1983-December 1986

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5950359

Boyer, C M; Briscoe, F H; Camp, B S; Dobscha, F X; Malone, P G

A single-zone coalbed methane well was completed into the Mary Lee and Blue Creek coal seams in the Warrior basin of Alabama to evaluate the geologic and reservoir parameters that affect the stimulation and production of coalbed methane. Following the successful drilling and coring of the well, reservoir testing resulted in a measured coal seam permeability of 1 millidarcy and a skin factor of -4 to +1. In-situ state-of-stress tests in the Blue Creek coal seam indicated a vertical primary closure and a secondary horizontal closure. Coal and rock-core tests resulted in reservoir and mechanical values consistent with well-test data and underground-fracture observation.

• Research Organization: USX Corp., Monroeville, PA. USS Technical Center
• OSTI ID: 5950359
• Report Number(s): PB-89-181432/XAB; REPT-76-H-088/089
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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