Nanopores to megafractures: Current challenges and methods for shale gas reservoir and hydraulic fracture characterization

CR Clarkson, B Haghshenas, A Ghanizadeh… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2016 - Elsevier
The past two decades have seen a tremendous focus by energy companies on the
development of shale gas resources in North America, resulting in an over-supply of natural …

Methods of decline curve analysis for shale gas reservoirs

L Tan, L Zuo, B Wang - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
With help from horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing, shale gas has made a significant
contribution to the energy supply. However, due to complex fracture networks and …

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 …

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 …

A modified approach for modeling two-phase flowback from multi-fractured horizontal shale gas wells

JD Williams-Kovacs, CR Clarkson - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Historically, high-frequency fluid production and flowing pressures (hourly or greater) have
been gathered on nearly every multi-fractured horizontal well (MFHW), although this data …

A theory to model pseudo steady state water production and predict long-term water recovery from fractured reservoirs

S Hossain, H Dehghanpour - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The environmental and economic impact of hydraulic fracturing technology in the energy
industry remains a growing concern due to large water consumption and poor water …

A new multi-fracture geometry inversion model based on hydraulic-fracture treatment pressure falloff data

Z Tu, X Hu, F Zhou, G Huang, S Han, Q Zhou - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multi-fracture hydraulic fracturing has been widely used in unconventional oil or gas
production. Determining the fracture geometry at the end of multi-fracture propagating …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable development of unconventional resources: Analysis of the transient linear flow oriented straight-line analysis technique

D Xue, L Jiang, Z Wei, M Chai, J Liu, P Deng, F Lin, J Li… - Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
On the backdrop of dwindling conventional reserves, unconventional reservoirs have
emerged as a pivotal chapter in resource extraction. Despite their challenges, such as low …

Machine learning-based production prediction model and its application in duvernay formation

Z Guo, H Wang, X Kong, L Shen, Y Jia - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The production of a single gas well is influenced by many geological and completion factors.
The aim of this paper is to build a production prediction model based on machine learning …

Rate-transient analysis of liquid-rich tight/shale reservoirs using the dynamic drainage area concept: Examples from North American reservoirs

F Qanbari, CR Clarkson - SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology …, 2016 - onepetro.org
The early-time performance of multi-fractured horizontal wells is mainly controlled by fracture
geometry, total effective area of the fractures, and conductivity of the primary fracture system …