A new-structure grey Verhulst model for China's tight gas production forecasting

B Zeng, X Ma, M Zhou - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
Tight gas, shale gas and coalbed gas are recognized as the three sources of
unconventional natural gas in the world. Currently, China's tight gas production is at an …

A semianalytical method for two-phase flowback rate-transient analysis in shale gas reservoirs

F Zhang, H Emami-Meybodi - SPE Journal, 2020 - onepetro.org
We propose a new semianalytical method for analyzing flowback water and gas production
data to estimate hydraulic fracture (HF) properties and to quantify HF dynamics. The method …

A novel integrated workflow for evaluation, optimization, and production predication in shale plays

B Yuan, D Zheng, RG Moghanloo, K Wang - International Journal of Coal …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper adopts and improves the existing workflows for integrated production data
analysis. Clarkson (2013) presented an integrated production data analysis workflow …

Flowback rate-transient analysis with spontaneous imbibition effects

ALL Benson, CR Clarkson - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of flowback data, gathered immediately after fracture stimulation, can be
performed to understand the fluid flow physics, investigate flow regimes, and obtain early …

Flowback fracture closure of multi-fractured horizontal wells in shale gas reservoirs

F Zhang, H Emami-Meybodi - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In multi-fractured horizontal wells (MFHW), fracture properties such as permeability and
fracture half-length significantly deteriorate during production, which negatively affects gas …

Analysis of early-time production data from multi-fractured shale gas wells by considering multiple transport mechanisms through nanopores

F Zhang, H Emami-Meybodi - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of early-time production and flowback data from multi-fractured shale gas
wells is of critical importance in the characterization of hydraulic fractures (HF). However, the …

Review on gas flow and recovery in unconventional porous rocks

D Lin, J Wang, B Yuan, YTTU Shen - 2017 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
This study summarizes gas flow process in unconventional porous rocks, including the
transportation in tight or shale reservoirs and the spontaneous imbibition happened in them …

Semi-analytical model for matching flowback and early-time production of multi-fractured horizontal tight oil wells

CR Clarkson, F Qanbari… - SPE/AAPG/SEG …, 2016 - onepetro.org
Analysis of multi-fractured horizontal well (MFHW) production data completed in low-
permeability (tight) oil reservoirs has traditionally focused on long-term (online) production …

Multiphase flowback rate-transient analysis of shale gas reservoirs

F Zhang, H Emami-Meybodi - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Multi-fractured horizontal well (MFHW) is commonly used in the development of
unconventional reservoirs. Flowback data after hydraulic fracturing is of critical importance in …

Rate-transient analysis of an undersaturated CBM reservoir in Australia: Accounting for effective permeability changes above and below desorption pressure

CR Clarkson, A Salmachi - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rate-transient analysis (RTA) of coalbed methane (CBM) wells is an on-going reservoir
engineering challenge because of the dynamic nature of coal reservoirs. During their …