Unconventional natural gas has become an important source of energy. However, the
development of such resources has been challenging as these reservoirs are characterised …

Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales has changed the energy landscape of
the US Recovery of hydrocarbons from tight, hydraulically fractured shales is a highly …

This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is
dominated by the phenomena of brittle fracture on one scale or another. Thus a distinction …

A theoretically improved model incorporating the relevant mechanisms of gas retention and
transport in gas-bearing shale formations is presented for determination of intrinsic gas …

Moisture dynamics in brick, stone and concrete has a controlling influence on the durability
and performance of the built environment. Water Transport in Brick, Stone and Concrete …

Transient pulse testing has been employed increasingly in the laboratory to measure the
hydraulic properties of rock samples with low permeability. Several investigators have …

Triaxial compression experiments were conducted to investigate influences of stress and
failure mode on axial permeability of five sandstones with porosities ranging from 15% to …

Certain geologic media are known to have small permeability; subsurface environments
composed of these media and lacking well developed secondary permeability have …

ABSTRACT A new pressure-pulse decay method is presented to measure permeabilities of
tight rock samples. Existing pressure-pulse methods yield pressure decays which are either …

Tight sandstone reservoirs with low porosity and permeability are always vulnerable to
damage due to drilling and fracturing fluids, which significantly impedes hydrocarbon …