Numerical investigation of complex hydraulic fracture network in naturally fractured reservoirs based on the XFEM

Y Dong, W Tian, P Li, B Zeng, D Lu - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The propagation of hydraulic fracture network in naturally fractured shale reservoirs remains
a complicated and challenging issue. To reveal the propagation principle of the complex …

Numerical Study of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Orthotropic Shale Reservoirs by Using the XFEM

Y Dong, B Zeng, Y Song, X Zhou, P Li, F Zhang - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Most reservoir matrices exhibit inherent orthotropy that may have a great impact on the
propagation behavior of a hydraulic fracture. Modeling of fracture propagation in orthotropic …

Polynomial and nonparametric regressions for efficient predictive proxy metamodeling: Application through the CO2-EOR in shale oil reservoirs

WJ Al-Mudhafar - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
An integrated optimization workflow combining Particle Swarm and Non-parametric Proxy
Metamodels was adopted with reservoir simulation to optimize oil production in CO2-EOR in …

Gas transport law in inorganic nanopores considering the influence of cross section shape and roughness

S Yang, M Wang, M Zou, Q Sheng, R Cui… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2023 - Elsevier
To study the gas transport characteristics in rough inorganic nanopores, the effective pore
size models of circular and rectangular nanopores are established, considering the …

Geochemical parameters of thermal simulation of gas generation on lacustrine Type II shales in semi-open pyrolysis system

W Han, X Luo, S Lin, Z Zhao, J Liu, Q Wang - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A semi-open thermal simulation of hydrocarbon generation experiment was conducted on
the lacustrine Type II rocks (the Chang 7 member shale in the Ordos Basin, China) …

Numerical investigation on propagation behaviors of a three-dimensional fracture network coupled with microseismicity in fractured shale reservoirs

J Wu, H Huang, E Xu, J Li, X Wang - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The formation mechanism and propagation behaviors of a three-dimensional hydraulic
fracture network in fractured shale reservoirs remain unclear, especially when the scale of …

Seepage mode in lamina-developed shale oil reservoirs under strong heterogeneous and strong fluid–solid coupling in Jiyang depression of China

C Yu, S Zhang, T Chen, Z Sun, J Xu - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
The laminae of varying lithologies are characteristic of shale oil reservoirs, with their
pronounced heterogeneity and fluid–solid coupling significantly impacting oil productivity …

Tight oil reservoir production characteristics developed by CO2 huff 'n' puff under well pattern conditions

Z Xia, X Wang, R Xu, W Ren - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and …, 2022 - Springer
Tight oil reservoirs have poor physical properties, and the problems including rapid oil rate
decline and low oil recovery degree are quite common after volume fracturing. To obtain a …

可压缩两相流固耦合模型的间断Galerkin 有限元方法

马天然, 沈伟军, 刘卫群 - 力学学报, 2021 - lxxb.cstam.org.cn
认识多孔介质内多相流动和固体变形耦合特征是地下资源开发利用的关键问题. 针对这一问题,
首先建立了考虑毛细压力和重力作用的可压缩两相渗流与孔隙介质变形耦合方程. 在此基础上 …

Dynamic Scaling Prediction Model and Application in Near-Wellbore Formation of Ultradeep Natural Gas Reservoirs

L Cao, H Yuan, Z Pan, Z Liu, B Zhang, T Sun, J Liu… - SPE Journal, 2024 - onepetro.org
To address the significant scaling challenges within the near-wellbore formation of ultradeep
natural gas reservoirs characterized by high temperature and high salinity, we developed a …