Flow mechanism and simulation approaches for shale gas reservoirs: A review

T Zhang, S Sun, H Song - Transport in Porous Media, 2019 - Springer
The past two decades have borne remarkable progress in our understanding of flow
mechanisms and numerical simulation approaches of shale gas reservoir, with much larger …

A review on polymer, gas, surfactant and nanoparticle adsorption modeling in porous media

I Mohammed, CC Afagwu, S Adjei… - Oil & Gas Science …, 2020 - ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr
Adsorption is a rock surface phenomenon and has increasingly become popular, especially
in particle-transport applications across many fields. This has drawn a remarkable number of …

A unified apparent porosity/permeability model of organic porous media: Coupling complex pore structure and multimigration mechanism

G Sheng, Y Su, H Zhao, J Liu - Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2020 - sciopen.com
Shale gas resources are widely distributed and abundant in China, which is an important
field for strategic replacement and development of oil and gas resources. Shale gas …

Understanding the mechanism of interwell fracturing interference with reservoir/geomechanics/fracturing modeling in eagle ford shale

X Guo, K Wu, J Killough, J Tang - SPE Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2019 - onepetro.org
Tightly spaced horizontal wells are widely used in the development of unconventional
resources. The effectiveness of this strategy is largely affected by interwell fracturing …

Investigation of production-induced stress changes for infill-well stimulation in Eagle Ford Shale

X Guo, K Wu, J Killough - SPE Journal, 2018 - onepetro.org
Heterogeneous stress has a great effect on fracture propagation and perforation-cluster
efficiency of infill wells. Principal-stress reorientation induced by depletion of parent wells …

Simulation of shale gas transport and production with complex fractures using embedded discrete fracture model

W Yu, Y Xu, M Liu, K Wu, K Sepehrnoori - AIChE Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this study is to develop a new model to simulate gas and water transport in shale
nanopores and complex fractures. A new gas diffusivity equation was first derived to …

Dynamic porosity and apparent permeability in porous organic matter of shale gas reservoirs

G Sheng, F Javadpour, Y Su - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Poromechanical effect, adsorbed-layer thinning, and desorption-induced shrinkage
processes in porous organic matter (OM) change pore sizes during depressurization of …

Scaling for wettability alteration induced by the addition of surfactants in completion fluids: surfactant selection for optimum performance

F Zhang, IWR Saputra, IA Adel… - SPE/AAPG/SEG …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Experimental laboratory evidence of enhanced production by spontaneous imbibition via the
addition of surfactants into completion fluids, as well as field observations, indicate a …

Pressure characteristics and performance of multi-stage fractured horizontal well in shale gas reservoirs with coupled flow and geomechanics

X Guo, H Song, K Wu, J Killough - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing is a crucial well completion strategy in unconventional
reservoirs to improve hydrocarbon production. Reservoir performance and pressure …

Interference testing model of multiply fractured horizontal well with multiple injection wells

Y He, S Cheng, J Qin, Z Chai, Y Wang, H Yu… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
High water-cut has been observed for many multiply fractured horizontal wells (MFHWs) in
China soon after water flooding begins. Available well-testing models of single well ignored …