Comparison of micro-and macro-wettability measurements and evaluation of micro-scale imbibition rates for unconventional reservoirs: Implications for modeling multi …

HJ Deglint, CR Clarkson, A Ghanizadeh… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2019 - Elsevier
Significant advances have been made in the evaluation of micro-and nano-scale variations
of pore structure in low-permeability (unconventional) reservoirs using imaging techniques …

A new low-permeability reservoir core analysis method based on rate-transient analysis theory

CR Clarkson, A Vahedian, A Ghanizadeh, C Song - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Unconventional reservoirs such as shales (mudrocks) and coals may exhibit an ultra-low
matrix permeability (< 0.001 md) challenging conventional laboratory-based methods for …

Relative permeability of tight hydrocarbon systems: An experimental study

A Ghanizadeh, C Song, CR Clarkson, A Younis - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Relative permeability is notoriously difficult to measure in the laboratory for low-permeability
rocks with permeability values in the nanodarcy/microdarcy range. The objectives of this …

Rigorous estimation of the initial conditions of flowback using a coupled hydraulic-fracture/dynamic-drainage-area leakoff model constrained by laboratory …

Z Zhang, C Clarkson, JD Williams-Kovacs, B Yuan… - SPE Journal, 2020 - onepetro.org
The application of rate‐transient‐analysis (RTA) concepts to flowback data gathered from
multifractured horizontal wells (MFHWs) completed in tight/shale reservoirs has recently …

Phase separation and secondary migration of methane-rich gas accompanying uplift of an unconventional tight-hydrocarbon system, Montney Formation, western …

JM Wood, T Euzen, L Sharp, S Leroux - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Tight-hydrocarbon systems can undergo significant depressurization through leakage of
fluids, primarily gas, in response to uplift. Leakage at the up-dip margins of these systems …

Depositional framework and trace fossil assemblages of the lower Triassic Montney formation, northeastern British Columbia, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

PD González, CM Furlong, MK Gingras… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbon production from the Lower Triassic Montney Formation in northeastern British
Columbia, occurs primarily from unconventional reservoirs consisting predominantly of fine …

Geochemical evidence for the internal migration of gas condensate in a major unconventional tight petroleum system

JM Wood, J Cesar, OH Ardakani, A Rudra, H Sanei - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Unconventional petroleum systems go through multiple episodes of internal hydrocarbon
migration in response to evolving temperature and pressure conditions during burial and …

Permeability measurements using rate-transient analysis (RTA): Comparison with different experimental approaches

M Shabani, A Ghanizadeh, CR Clarkson - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Reservoir engineers commonly apply rate-transient analysis (RTA) and pressure-transient
analysis (PTA) methods to analyze multi-fracture horizontal wells (MFHWs) completed in …

Evaluation of Cyclic Solvent Injection ('Huff-n-Puff') in Artificially-Fractured Shale Core Samples: Experiments & Modeling

C Song, CR Clarkson, H Hamdi… - … Conference, 20–22 July …, 2020 - library.seg.org
Multi-fractured horizontal wells (MFHWs) have enabled commercial production from low-
permeability oil reservoirs but oil recoveries remain exceedingly small using the primary …

Influence of faults on late-stage migration of methane-rich gas in a major unconventional hydrocarbon accumulation: Montney Formation, western Canada

JM Wood, T Euzen, J Cesar - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Faults are thought to act as barriers or conduits for intraformational hydrocarbon migration
within unconventional low-permeability hydrocarbon accumulations. However, well …