Striving to translate shale physics across ten orders of magnitude: What have we learned?

Y Mehmani, T Anderson, Y Wang, SA Aryana… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Shales will play an important role in the successful transition of energy from fossil-based
resources to renewables in the coming decades. Aside from being a significant source of …

Transport of shale gas in microporous/nanoporous media: molecular to pore-scale simulations

H Yu, HY Xu, JC Fan, YB Zhu, FC Wang, HA Wu - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the typical unconventional reservoir, shale gas is believed to be the most promising
alternative for the conventional resources in future energy patterns, attracting more and …

Molecular dynamics simulations of shale gas transport in rough nanopores

Y Zhao, M Luo, L Liu, J Wu, M Chen, L Zhang - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
For the effective exploration and development of shale gas, it is important to understand the
transport and adsorption mechanisms of methane, the main composition of shale gas. The …

Asymmetric competitive adsorption of CO2/CH4 binary mixture in shale matrix with heterogeneous surfaces

J Sun, C Chen, W Hu, J Cui, L Jiang, Y Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The CO 2 sequestration and enhanced gas recovery (CS-EGR) technology provides a very
effective way to alleviate the greenhouse effect and energy crisis. The characteristics and …

A lattice Boltzmann model for simulating gas transport in coal nanopores considering surface adsorption and diffusion effects

W Li, K Yang, D Deng, C Zhao, S Yang, Y Cheng, S Lu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The gas flow in coal is extremely complicated as a combined results of multiple flow
mechanisms and complex pore structures. Comprehensive understanding of gas flow …

High-pressure phase behavior and mass transfer law of Gulong shale oil and CO2 in Daqing oilfield

Z Song, S Deng, Y Song, Y Liu, C Xian, J Zhang… - Acta Petrolei …, 2024 - syxb-cps.com.cn
The light oil from Gulong shale is widely distributed, with favorable components and
temperature-pressure conditions for miscibility with CO 2. Pre-fracturing with CO 2 injection …

[HTML][HTML] Selective adsorption and transport of CO2–CH4 mixture under nano-confinement

J Wu, L Shen, P Huang, Y Gan - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2-enhanced gas recovery (EGR) is a promising technology to sequestrate CO 2 while
enhancing CH 4 recovery simultaneously in shale reservoirs. During the process, the …

Bridging adsorption behavior of confined CH4-CO2 binary mixtures across scales

L Liu, Y Zhao, M Luo, L Zhang, SA Aryana - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
An accurate understanding of the competitive adsorption of CH 4-CO 2 binary mixtures in
nano-confined systems is critical for engineering CO 2 storage in shale gas reservoirs. Due …

Nanoconfined methane density over pressure and temperature: wettability effect

Z Sun, B Huang, K Wu, S Shi, Z Wu, M Hou… - Journal of natural gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clear knowledge about nanoconfined methane density is helpful for original gas-reserve
evaluation, and production prediction in shale gas reservoirs. Although great efforts had …

Reviews on simulation studies of coalbed gas recovery and transport processes

K Wang, S Lin, W Zhao - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Coal and shale contain enormous natural gas resources. The reservoir structures are
complex, with an extensive distribution of micropores and nanopores, leading to intricate …