Geophysical well-log evaluation in the era of unconventional hydrocarbon resources: a review on current status and prospects

J Lai, G Wang, Q Fan, X Pang, H Li, F Zhao, Y Li… - Surveys in …, 2022 - Springer
Geophysical well-log evaluation in the era of unconventional hydrocarbon resources (mainly
tight oil and gas, shale oil and gas) is complicated and challenging. This review aims to fill …

The successful development of gas and oil resources from shales in North America

DJ Soeder - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The hydrocarbon resources of shale gas and tight oil have made a significant impact on
North American energy reserves over the past decade. The production of so-called …

Time-series production forecasting method based on the integration of Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (Bi-GRU) network and Sparrow Search Algorithm (SSA)

X Li, X Ma, F Xiao, C Xiao, F Wang, S Zhang - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the gowning demand of improving quality and benefit of unconventional resources,
time-series production prediction plays an increasingly essential role in economic …

A Literature Review of CO2, Natural Gas, and Water-Based Fluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Unconventional Reservoirs

LC Burrows, F Haeri, P Cvetic, S Sanguinito, F Shi… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Primary oil recovery from fractured unconventional formations, such as shale or tight sands,
is typically less than 10%. The development of an economically viable enhanced oil …

Rock-fluid interfacial tension at subsurface conditions: Implications for H2, CO2 and natural gas geo-storage

B Pan, X Yin, S Iglauer - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In H 2, CO 2 and natural gas geo-storage, rock-fluid interfacial tension (γ rock− fluid) is a key
parameter which influences pore-scale fluid distribution and reservoir-scale gas storage …

A framework for predicting the production performance of unconventional resources using deep learning

S Wang, C Qin, Q Feng, F Javadpour, Z Rui - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Predicting the production performance of multistage fractured horizontal wells is essential for
developing unconventional resources such as shale gas and oil. Accurate predictions of the …

Enhanced oil recovery in liquid–rich shale reservoirs: laboratory to field

N Alharthy, T Teklu, H Kazemi, R Graves… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Production of tight oil from shale reservoirs in North America reduces oil imports and has
better economics than natural gas. Currently, there is a strong interest in oil production from …

Gas transport and storage capacity in shale gas reservoirs–A review. Part A: Transport processes

Y Gensterblum, A Ghanizadeh, RJ Cuss… - … of Unconventional Oil …, 2015 - Elsevier
For decades, scientists and engineers have been investigating and describing storage and
transport mechanisms in geological porous media such as reservoir rocks. This effort has …

A review of the technical and economic evaluation techniques for shale gas development

J Yuan, D Luo, L Feng - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Shale gas, due to its clean-burning and efficient nature, is becoming an increasingly
promising alternative energy resource. It is commonly held that promoting shale gas …

Anisotropy and stress dependence of permeability in the Barnett shale

AR Bhandari, PB Flemings, PJ Polito, MB Cronin… - Transport in porous …, 2015 - Springer
We document vertical permeability of 2.3 * 10^-21\, m^ 2 2.3× 10-21 m 2 (2.3 nd) and
horizontal permeability of 9.5 * 10^-20\, m^ 2 9.5× 10-20 m 2 (96.3 nd) in two Barnett Shale …