Insight into spontaneous water-based working fluid imbibition on the dynamic tensile behavior of anisotropic shale

Y Guo, X Li, L Huang - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Shale gas is becoming a new energy development focus worldwide with advances in
horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing, and spontaneous water-based working fluid …

Enhancing Fracturing Fluid Viscosity in High Salinity Water: A Data-Driven Approach for Prediction and Optimization

A Othman, Z Tariq, MS Aljawad, B Yan… - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Optimizing fracture fluid viscosity in a high salinity medium (ie, seawater and produced
water) is challenging. Hence, we conducted numerous rheology experiments utilizing an …

Predicting wettability of mineral/CO2/brine systems via data-driven machine learning modeling: Implications for carbon geo-sequestration

Z Tariq, M Ali, A Hassanpouryouzband, B Yan, S Sun… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Effectively storing carbon dioxide (CO 2) in geological formations synergizes with algal-
based removal technology, enhancing carbon capture efficiency, leveraging biological …

Fracture identification in reservoirs using well log data by window sliding recurrent neural network

S Dong, L Wang, L Zeng, X Du, C Ji, J Hao… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Detecting fractures using well logs can be difficult due to the complex response of
conventional logs. To address this issue, a novel method called Fracture Identification by …

Fractured Geothermal Reservoir Using CO2 as Geofluid: Numerical Analysis and Machine Learning Modeling

M Gudala, Z Tariq, SK Govindarajan, B Yan, S Sun - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
The effect of natural fractures, their orientation, and their interaction with hydraulic fractures
on the extraction of heat and the extension of injection fluid are fully examined. A fully …

Data-Driven Machine Learning Modeling of Mineral/CO2/Brine Wettability Prediction: Implications for CO2 Geo-Storage

Z Tariq, M Ali, B Yan, S Sun, M Khan… - SPE Middle East Oil …, 2023 - onepetro.org
CO2 wettability and the reservoir rock-fluid interfacial interactions are crucial parameters for
successful CO2 geological sequestration. This study implemented the feed-forward neural …

A fast method to infer Nuclear Magnetic Resonance based effective porosity in carbonate rocks using machine learning techniques

Z Tariq, M Gudala, B Yan, S Sun… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A better estimation of the effective porosity of the reservoir rock is a critical task for
petrophysicist and well logs analyst. A majority of the current approaches to estimate the …

Shale damage simulation considering shale swelling during shale-liquid interaction

Z Li, G Li, H Li, J Liu, FB Zeng - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Shale-liquid interactions can lead to shale swelling, shale damage and affect the
mechanical and other properties of shale. The relationship between shale swelling and …

An Experimental Study and Machine Learning Modeling of Shale Swelling in Extended Reach Wells When Exposed to Diverse Water-Based Drilling Fluids

Z Tariq, M Murtaza, SA Alrasheed, MS Kamal… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Shale swelling poses considerable challenges for companies involved in extended-reach
well drilling, particularly when it comes to maintaining wellbore stability. Despite the …

Application of machine learning techniques to predict viscosity of polymer solutions for enhanced oil recovery

M Shakeel, P Pourafshary, MR Hashmet, R Muneer - Energy Systems, 2023 - Springer
Polymer flooding has become one of the most developed and implemented enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) techniques. The principal controlling factor in polymer flooding is the …