Microscopic dynamics of water and hydrocarbon in shale-kerogen pores of potentially mixed wettability

Y Hu, D Devegowda, A Striolo, AT Van Phan, TA Ho… - Spe Journal, 2015 - onepetro.org
Distribution of alkanes and water in organic pores of shale, referred to as kerogen, is
essential information required for the estimation of shale-reservoir oil and gas in place …

A microscopic characterization of wettability in shale kerogen with varying maturity levels

Y Hu, D Devegowda, R Sigal - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Kerogen is defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter in sedimentary rocks
and is a complex mixture of organic chemical compounds. Typically, a single chemical …

Pore-size dependence of fluid phase behavior and properties in organic-rich shale reservoirs

BR Didar, IY Akkutlu - SPE International Conference on Oilfield …, 2013 - onepetro.org
Because of commodity pricing, the production from organic rich shales such as Barnett,
Woodford, Eagle Ford and Marcellus has shifted significantly away from the dry natural gas …

Laboratory measurement of sorption isotherm under confining stress with pore-volume effects

JM Santos, IY Akkutlu - Spe Journal, 2013 - onepetro.org
For unconventional gas resources such as coal and organic-rich shale, sorbed phase is an
important component of storage and transport calculations. Routine measurements of …

The dynamics of hydraulic fracture water confined in nano-pores in shale reservoirs

Y Hu, D Devegowda, A Striolo, A Phan, TA Ho… - … of Unconventional Oil …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing treatments and horizontal well technology are central to the success of
unconventional oil and gas development. In spite of this success, replicated over several …

A pore scale study describing the dynamics of slickwater distribution in shale gas formations following hydraulic fracturing

Y Hu, D Devegowda, A Striolo, TA Ho… - SPE Unconventional …, 2013 - onepetro.org
Hydraulic fracturing with slickwater to stimulate shale gas wells is routinely employed to
enable increased contact with larger reservoir volumes and has the advantages of lower …

Optimization of improving liquids recovery from Duvernay Shale condensate reservoirs

G Jing, Z Chen, G Hui - … Conference, Virtual, 16–18 November 2021, 2021 - library.seg.org
This paper investigates the influencing factors on the liquid recovery from the Duvernay
Shale Condensate Reservoirs by using reservoir simulation methods with multi-fracked …

Impact of maturity on kerogen pore wettability: A modeling study

Y Hu, D Devegowda, R Sigal - SPE Annual Technical Conference and …, 2014 - onepetro.org
Kerogen wettability is essential to evaluate hydrocarbon storage and quantify reserves
estimates, to develop models for multiphase and multicomponent transport especially in oil …

Simulation of multicomponent gas flow and condensation in Marcellus shale reservoir

A Elamin, E Fathi, S Ameri - SPE Unconventional Resources …, 2013 - onepetro.org
The Marcellus shale formation, with more than 463 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of recoverable gas
in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, will play a critical role in providing clean energy …

Pore-size dependence of fluid phase behavior and the impact on shale gas reserves

BR Didar, IY Akkutlu - SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources …, 2013 - onepetro.org
Because of commodity pricing, the production from organic rich shales such as Barnett,
Woodford, Eagle Ford and Marcellus has shifted significantly away from the dry natural gas …