The Effect of Wettability on Confinement-Induced Phase Behavior and Storage of Alkane in Nanoporous Media

ATT Nguyen, KV Sharma, M Piri - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
The impact of wettability on the confined phase behavior of fluids is paramount for various
applications, such as gas storage, carbon dioxide sequestration, and water purification …

Capillary-condensation hysteresis in naturally-occurring nanoporous media

E Barsotti, SP Tan, M Piri, JH Chen - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Persistent uncertainties in understanding fluid phase behavior in natural nanoporous media,
including shale rock, remain a significant challenge to fully utilizing tight geological …

Application of material balance for the phase transition of fluid mixtures confined in nanopores

SP Tan, E Barsotti, M Piri - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2019 - Elsevier
It has been customary to describe the phase equilibria of confined fluids using an equation
of state (EOS) coupled with the Young-Laplace equation to account for the effect of surface …

Using capillary condensation and evaporation isotherms to investigate confined fluid phase behavior in shales

E Barsotti, E Lowry, M Piri… - E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 - e3s-conferences.org
The abundance of nanopores (pores with diameters between 2 and 100 nm) in shale and
ultra-tight reservoirs precludes the use of common pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) …

Experimental evidence of gas densification and enhanced storage in nanoporous shales

N Chakraborty, Z Karpyn, S Liu, H Yoon… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a growing body of evidence that gas situated within the pores of nanoporous
materials may not have the same equation of state (pressure, volume, and temperature …

Investigating the Effect of Capillary Pressure on DFIT and DFIT-FBA Analysis

S Haqparast, D Zeinabady, CR Clarkson - SPE Canadian Energy …, 2024 - onepetro.org
The diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT), and the new variation DFIT-FBA (FBA= flowback
analysis), are well-testing methods performed before the main hydraulic fracturing …

A Novel Systematic Approach for the Identification and Evaluation of Environmental and Social Aspects in Oil and Gas Projects Mexico

S Purewal, FJ Pacheco-Roman… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2019 - onepetro.org
The objective is to present a matrix to identify environmental and social aspects which may
impact the initiation, assessment, approval of final investment decision and implementation …

Experimental investigation on the influence factors of primary production performance of tight oil

B Hu, J Pu, C Li - Petroleum Science and Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The effects of permeability, initial fluid pressure, effective stress, gas-oil ratio, pressure
depletion rate, and oil viscosity on the primary production oil recovery were investigated in …

Nanocondensation apparatus

M Piri, E Barsotti, S Saraji - US Patent 10,302,540, 2019 - Google Patents
US10302540B2 - Nanocondensation apparatus - Google Patents US10302540B2 -
Nanocondensation apparatus - Google Patents Nanocondensation apparatus Download …

Capillary condensation in shale: A narrative review

E Barsotti - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition?, 2019 - onepetro.org
Shale reservoirs are estimated to account for approximately 10-30% of oil and gas
worldwide, yet operators rarely produce more than 10% of the original hydrocarbons in …