From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: Recent advances and new frontiers

HS Viswanathan, J Ajo‐Franklin… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

A review of risk and uncertainty assessment for geologic carbon storage

T Xiao, T Chen, Z Ma, H Tian, S Meguerdijian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in geological formations play a key role in
mitigating anthropogenic CO 2 emissions and achieving the aggressive goal of net-zero …

[HTML][HTML] Chemo-hydro-mechanical effects of CO2 injection on reservoir and seal rocks: A review on laboratory experiments

A Vafaie, J Cama, JM Soler, IR Kivi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage is one of the technologies required to arrive at the ambitious yet
realistic net-zero emission target and climate change neutrality. Injected CO 2 in geological …

[HTML][HTML] Timescales of faulting through calcite geochronology: A review

NMW Roberts, RE Holdsworth - Journal of Structural Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Calcite is a common mineral precipitated within upper crustal fault zones and associated
fractures, forming veins, mineral cements and fault coatings. It has the potential to be dated …

Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films

MJ Abdolhosseini Qomi, QRS Miller, S Zare… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The calamitous impacts of unabated carbon emission from fossil-fuel-burning energy
infrastructure call for accelerated development of large-scale CO2 capture, utilization and …

Natural fractures and their contribution to tight gas conglomerate reservoirs: a case study in the northwestern Sichuan Basin, China

L Zeng, L Gong, C Guan, B Zhang, Q Wang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Well-developed natural fractures in the tight gas conglomerate reservoirs of the
northwestern Sichuan Basin, China, are proved to greatly contribute to the porosity and …

Quantitative prediction and spatial analysis of structural fractures in deep shale gas reservoirs within complex structural zones: A case study of the Longmaxi …

C Fan, S Nie, H Li, AE Radwan, Q Pan, X Shi… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
The characteristics of structural fractures (faults) have a significant impact on the
preservation, enrichment, and hydraulic fracturing of deep shale gas in complex structural …

Scale-dependent fracture networks

SR Forstner, SE Laubach - Journal of Structural Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Using examples of regional opening-mode fractures in sandstones from the Cambrian
Flathead Formation, Wyoming, we show that quartz deposits preferentially fill fractures up to …

Simulation of CO2 mineral trapping and permeability alteration in fractured basalt: Implications for geologic carbon sequestration in mafic reservoirs

H Wu, RS Jayne, RJ Bodnar, RM Pollyea - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Basalt formations are potentially attractive targets for carbon capture and sequestration
(CCS) on the basis of favorable CO 2-water-rock reactions, which result in permanent CO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Application of geophysical well logs in solving geologic issues: Past, present and future prospect

J Lai, Y Su, L Xiao, F Zhao, T Bai, Y Li, H Li, Y Huang… - Geoscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Geophysical well logs are widely used in geological fields, however, there are considerable
incompatibilities existing in solving geological issues using well log data. This review …