Pore network characterization of shale reservoirs through state-of-the-art X-ray computed tomography: A review

Q Liu, M Sun, X Sun, B Liu, M Ostadhassan… - Gas Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shale microstructures control the capacity of the formation to store hydrocarbons and its fluid
flow. However, microstructural complexity and multiscale heterogeneity is a challenge in a …

[HTML][HTML] 热处理作用下页岩储层改造机理及提高采收率技术研究进展

李一波, 蔺祥, 彭瑀, 胡志明, 张理… - 油气地质与采收 …, 2023 - yqdzycsl.cnjournals.com
杨智, 邹才能“. 进源找油”: 源岩油气内涵与前景[J]. 石油勘探与开发, 2019, 46 (1): 173-184.
YANG Zhi, ZOU Caineng.“Exploring petroleum inside source kitchen”: Connotation and …

Investigating fracture propagation characteristics in shale using sc-CO2 and water with the aid of X-ray Computed Tomography

T Al Shafloot, TW Kim, AR Kovscek - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The further development of unconventional resources is anticipated to increase the intensity
of hydraulic fracturing operations. Injecting water-based fracturing fluids into shale …

Multiphysics investigation of geochemical alterations in Marcellus shale using reactive core-floods

AS Gundogar, CM Ross, AD Jew, JR Bargar… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The interaction of reactive fracture fluid with host shale and formation water plays an
important role on fractured reservoir productivity. This study explores the prominent impacts …

Occurrence characteristics of mobile hydrocarbons in lacustrine shales: Insights from solvent extraction and petrophysical characterization

F Yang, S Nie, S Jiang, S Pan - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the occurrence mechanism of mobile hydrocarbons is important for “sweet
spot” identification in liquid-rich shale reservoirs. This paper investigated the occurrence and …

Heat-induced pore structure evolution in the Triassic chang 7 shale, Ordos basin, China: Experimental simulation of in situ conversion process

Z Zhao, L Hou, X Luo, Y Chi, Z Pang, S Lin… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The reservoir properties of low–medium-maturity shale undergo complex changes during
the in situ conversion process (ICP). The experiments were performed at high temperature …

Effect of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Fracturing on Shale Pore Structure

X Zhang, W Zhu, H Konietzky, S Liu, Y Peng - SPE Journal, 2023 - onepetro.org
Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO 2) fracturing technology has the potential for shale
reservoir stimulation. Most studies have predominantly focused on the fracture morphology …

Kerogen structure and porosity in Woodford Shale before and after hydrous closed-system pyrolysis

T Zheng, R Littke, L Zieger, J Schmatz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-plugs of the Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian Woodford Shale from the
Ardmore Basin in southern Oklahoma were analyzed before and after hydrous pyrolysis …

Cyclic subcritical water injection into bazhenov oil shale: Geochemical and petrophysical properties evolution due to hydrothermal exposure

A Turakhanov, A Tsyshkova, E Mukhina, E Popov… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
In situ shale or kerogen oil production is a promising approach to developing vast oil shale
resources and increasing world energy demand. In this study, cyclic subcritical water …

RockFlow: Fast generation of synthetic source rock images using generative flow models

TI Anderson, KM Guan, B Vega, SA Aryana… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Image-based evaluation methods are a valuable tool for source rock characterization. The
time and resources needed to obtain images has spurred development of machine-learning …