Nanoconfined methane density over pressure and temperature: wettability effect

Z Sun, B Huang, K Wu, S Shi, Z Wu, M Hou… - Journal of natural gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clear knowledge about nanoconfined methane density is helpful for original gas-reserve
evaluation, and production prediction in shale gas reservoirs. Although great efforts had …

A basin-scale groundwater flow model of the Columbia Plateau regional aquifer system in the Palouse (USA): Insights for aquifer vulnerability assessment

G Medici, NB Engdahl, JB Langman - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Bedrock aquifers are vulnerable to contamination due to the preferential movement of
pollutants via rock discontinuities and porous layers. In this research, we propose an …

Evaluating domestic well vulnerability to contamination from unconventional oil and gas development sites

MA Soriano Jr, HG Siegel, KM Gutchess… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid expansion of unconventional oil and gas development (UD), made possible by
horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, has triggered concerns over groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the maturity of organic-rich shale with combined geochemical and geophysical data, Draupne Formation, Norwegian Continental Shelf

JR Johnson, JA Hansen, MDJ Rahman… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evaluation of the interplay between kerogen maturation and total organic carbon (TOC)
content within an organic-rich shale is critical to characterizing source rock shale's elastic …

Permeability of rock discontinuities and faults in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group (UK): insights for management of fluvio-aeolian aquifers worldwide

G Medici, LJ West, NP Mountney… - Hydrogeology …, 2019 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Fluvio-aeolian sedimentary successions host groundwater aquifers at shallow depths (<~
0.15 km), which overlie geothermal and shale-gas reservoirs, and nuclear waste …

[HTML][HTML] The potential for spills and leaks of contaminated liquids from shale gas developments

SA Clancy, F Worrall, RJ Davies, JG Gluyas - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas within the USA and the possibility of shale
developments within Europe has created public concern about the risks of spills and leaks …

Impact of aqueous phase trapping on mass transfer in shales with multiscale channels

M Chen, Z Lai, Y Kang, T Zhang, Z Zhao, J Bai… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Large amounts of fracturing fluid retained in a shale reservoir could not only restrict gas
production through aqueous phase trapping (APT) but also cause potential contamination of …

Public health and unconventional oil and gas extraction including fracking: global lessons from a Scottish government review

A Watterson, W Dinan - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Unconventional oil and gas extraction (UOGE) including fracking for shale gas is underway
in North America on a large scale, and in Australia and some other countries. It is viewed as …

Hydraulic fracturing fluid compositions induce differential enrichment of soil bacterial communities

TM Lozano, AL McCutchan… - Environmental …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Hydraulic fracturing has become a well-established and widespread technology for the
extraction of oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing fluids (HFFs) are widely varied and …

Numerical simulation of pressure evolution and migration of hydraulic fracturing fluids in the shale gas reservoirs of Sichuan Basin, China

L Wang, Y Dong, Q Zhang, R Duan - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the main environmental issues associated with hydraulic fracturing (HF) is the
upward migration of the HF fluids from a shale reservoir to reach the shallow drinking water …