[HTML][HTML] Unconventional petroleum sedimentology: A key to understanding unconventional hydrocarbon accumulation

C Zou, Z Qiu, J Zhang, Z Li, H Wei, B Liu, J Zhao… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The commercial exploitation of unconventional petroleum resources (eg, shale oil/gas and
tight oil/gas) has drastically changed the global energy structure within the past two …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical controls on CO 2 interactions with deep subsurface shales: implications for geologic carbon sequestration

S Sharma, V Agrawal, S McGrath, JA Hakala… - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the primary drivers of global warming is the exponential increase in CO2 emissions.
According to IPCC, if the CO2 emissions continue to increase at the current rate, global …

Stress-dependent fracture permeability measurements and implications for shale gas production

W Li, LP Frash, NJ Welch, JW Carey, M Meng… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Stress-dependent fracture permeability could significantly affect oil and gas production,
underground CO 2 storage, and deep waste disposal containment. Yet, measurements to …

Diagenesis and pore evolution for various lithofacies of the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale, southern Sichuan Basin, China

Y Wang, H Cheng, Q Hu, L Liu, L Hao - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Mineralogy differences in clastic sediments have a major impact on the diagenetic pathway
and the evolution of pore systems between various lithofacies during burial. There is …

Application of predictive data analytics to model daily hydrocarbon production using petrophysical, geomechanical, fiber-optic, completions, and surface data: A case …

S Bhattacharya, PK Ghahfarokhi, TR Carr… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Predicting gas production from stimulated unconventional reservoirs has always been a
challenge to oil and gas companies because the physics of fluid flow through such …

Porosity and storage capacity of Middle Devonian shale: A function of thermal maturity, total organic carbon, and clay content

L Song, K Martin, TR Carr, PK Ghahfarokhi - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Porosity and pore size distribution (PSD) are critical reservoir parameters. Pore surface
area, pore volume, PSD, and porosity were measured using subcritical nitrogen (N 2) …

The pore structural evolution of the Marcellus and Mahantango shales, Appalachian Basin

L Song, TR Carr - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The generation and primary migration of hydrocarbons in organic-rich shale leaves void
space in organic matter, which is the porosity associated with organic matter commonly …

Effect of shear displacement and stress changes on fracture hydraulic aperture and flow anisotropy

NJ Welch, JW Carey, LP Frash, JD Hyman… - Transport in Porous …, 2022 - Springer
Fluid flow in fractures has the potential to drastically change the economic, environmental,
and safety risks associated with a subsurface operation. This work focuses on the analysis of …

Comparative geochemistry of flowback chemistry from the Utica/Point Pleasant and Marcellus formations

SA Welch, JM Sheets, RA Daly, A Hanson, S Sharma… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flowback/Produced fluid samples were collected from several wells from two Utica/Point
Pleasant (UPP) sites (UPPW and UPPS) in Ohio, and one Marcellus (Marcellus Shale …

Seismic Attributes Application for the Distributed Acoustic Szensing Data for the Marcellus Shale: New Insights to Cross-Stage Flow Communication

PK Ghahfarokhi, T Carr, L Song, P Shukla… - SPE Hydraulic …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Recently, oil and gas companies started to invest in fiber optic technology to remotely
monitor subsurface response to stimulation. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and …