Supercritical fluids find use in various areas in oil and gas production operations due to their
unique properties. Supercritical CO 2 (sc-CO 2) with its reduced viscosity, increased …

The development of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques has promoted the
exploitation of shale gas resources. However, using water has several potential drawbacks …

A series of hydraulic fracturing experiments were conducted using Lushan shale cores (50
mm in diameter and 100 mm in length) to unravel the formation mechanism of fracture …

Hydraulic fracturing has completely revolutionized how shale resources are exploited to
extracthydrocarbons. However, sustainability and environmental issues have fueled the …

How to effectively and cleanly exploit unconventional resources is currently being widely
concerned. Due to the unavoidable limitations of water-based fracturing, CO 2 and N 2 etc …

An opportunity to sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO 2) is made possible
because hydraulic fracturing is used to produce most of America's natural gas. CO 2 could …

In this work, we employ a Bayesian inversion framework to fluid-filled phase-field fracture.
We develop a robust and efficient numerical algorithm for hydraulic phase-field fracture …

Vitrinite maturity and programmed pyrolysis are conventional methods to evaluate organic
matter (OM) regarding its thermal maturity. Moreover, vitrinite reflectance analysis can be …

Morphology of hydraulic fracture surface has significant effects on oil and gas flow, proppant
migration and fracture closure, which plays an important role in oil and gas fracturing …

Fracturing plays, a vital role to achieve the optimal recovery from the unconventional shale
gas reservoirs and fracturing fluid is considered as “blood” in the entire operation. There are …