A critical review of enhanced oil recovery by imbibition: Theory and practice

W Tian, K Wu, Y Gao, Z Chen, Y Gao, J Li - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Imbibition is very common, occurring in life, material, chemistry, and energy. It plays an
important role in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The development of many reservoirs is …

A theory to model pseudo steady state water production and predict long-term water recovery from fractured reservoirs

S Hossain, H Dehghanpour - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The environmental and economic impact of hydraulic fracturing technology in the energy
industry remains a growing concern due to large water consumption and poor water …

Steady-state gas flow from tight shale matrix subject to water blocking

PØ Andersen - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
This work studies 1D steady-state flow of gas from compressible shale matrix subject to
water blocking toward a neighboring fracture. Water blocking is a capillary end effect …

Numerical simulation study on temporary well shut-in methods in the development of shale oil reservoirs

Q Zhang, W Liu, J Wei, AD Taleghani, H Sun, D Wang - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Field tests indicate that temporary well shut-ins may enhance oil recovery from a shale
reservoir; however, there is currently no systematic research to specifically guide such …

Investigation on Invasion Depth of Fracturing Fluid during Horizontal Fracturing in Low-Permeability Oil Reservoirs with Experiments and Mathematical Models

H Zhao, Y Zhang, J Hu - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multistage fracturing in horizontal well has become one of the important techniques for the
efficient development of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs. In multistage hydraulic …

Study on well selection method for refracturing horizontal wells in tight reservoirs

Q Feng, J Ren, X Zhang, X Wang, S Wang, Y Li - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Refracturing technology is one of the key technologies to recover the productivity of
horizontal wells in tight oil reservoirs, and the selection of best candidate wells from target …

Average fracture compressibility from flowback data

S Hossain, O Ezulike, Y Fu… - SPE Production & …, 2021 - onepetro.org
We propose a novel method for estimating average fracture compressibility cf¯ during
flowback process and apply it to flowback data from 10 multifractured horizontal wells …