Challenges in Laboratory Investigations in Support of Gas Production Analysis

Laboratory investigations are performed on natural samples and laboratory-synthe­sized samples to understand the thermodynamic properties, gas composition, mechanical, electrical, thermal, and hydrologic properties of HBS. Understanding these properties is important in predicting (a) the amount of gas that can be pro­duced from a reservoir, (b) providing “ground-truth” for geophysical and well-log measurements [23, 28, 29], (c) understanding the mechanical strength of the reser­voir medium, and (d) understanding how gas will be produced.