Hydrocarbon production, gas recovery from shale, CO2 storage and water management
have a common scientific underpinning: multiphase flow in porous media. This book …

Obtaining structural information from tomographic images of porous materials is a critical
component of porous media research. Extracting pore networks is particularly valuable since …

Gas production studies from natural gas hydrate reservoirs have been the subject of
extensive research in recent years. Although CH 4-CO 2 replacement production method …

X-ray microscopy has been well-recognized as one of the most important techniques for
research in a wide range of scientific disciplines including materials science, geoscience …

To understand how hierarchically structured functional materials operate, analytical tools are
needed that can reveal small structural and chemical details in large sample volumes. Often …

This state-of-the-art covers advances in the constitutive modelling, experimental
investigation and field measurement of suction for unsaturated soils. It consists of three …

Quantifying fluid flow through porous media hinges on the description of permeability, a
property of considerable importance in many fields ranging from oil and gas exploration to …

Understanding proppant-transport and-deposition patterns in a hydraulic fracture is vital for
effective and economical production of petroleum hydrocarbons. In this research, a …

The development of microfocused X-ray computed tomography (CT) devices enables digital
imaging analysis at the pore scale. The applications of these devices are diverse in soil …

Particle-laden fluid flow in fracture encompasses various deep geo-energy projects,
including but not limited to hydraulic fracturing, mud and water inrush, and sand production …