Relative to water-based fluids, non-aqueous fracturing fluids have the potential to increase
production, reduce water requirements, and to minimize environmental impacts. Since the …

This paper experimentally explores the frictional sliding behavior of two simulated gouges:
one, a series of quartz–smectite mixtures, and the other, powdered natural rocks, aiming to …

The potential of the CO 2 soaking procedure has been generally acknowledged as a valid
way to advance the tight rock oil recovery. Over the last decade, a significant number of Huff …

Economic production from extremely low permeability unconventional reservoirs is
accomplished through multistage slick water hydraulic fracturing, which generates opening …

Understanding permeability evolution caused by the nucleation, propagation and
coalescence of cracks enables to better assess fluid migration in the vicinity of underground …

In this paper, we present an experimental investigation regarding the stress sensitivity of
permeability in naturally fractured shale. Gas permeability tests were performed on the …

To better understand the interaction between hydraulic fracture and oriented perforation, a
fully coupled finite element method (FEM)-based hydraulic-geomechanical fracture model …

A great deal of evidence shows that hydraulic fracturing creates a large surface area of
induced unpropped (IU) fractures that are too small to accommodate commonly used …

The carbonate intra-platform shoal is a typically tight oil and gas reservoir with low porosity
and low permeability. A common way to stimulate this type of reservoir is through acid …

The shearing of pre-existing fractures plays an important role in the permeability
enhancement of shale reservoirs during hydraulic fracturing or refracturing treatments. The …