A coupled, non-isothermal gas shale flow model: Application to evaluation of gas-in-place in shale with core samples

Two application examples are presented here, one for a Canadian shale play and the other for a Chinese one. Both cases are concerned with the evaluation of the lost gas amount and the gas-in-place in the shales, where thermal effects are significant and cannot be ignored. The results obtained show that the model developed in this study can well characterise the sophisticated transport mechanisms involved and can accurately describe the relevant emission profiles. The predicted lost gas content and the gas-in-place can be used with more confidence than the results reported in the two original studies.