A comprehensive review of geothermal energy extraction and utilization in oilfields

K Wang, B Yuan, G Ji, X Wu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
By the nature of reliability, sustainability, abundant resource and minor impact on
environment, geothermal energy is considered as one of the future resources to meet the …

A comprehensive review of formation damage during enhanced oil recovery

B Yuan, DA Wood - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Injection of chemicals and thermal fluids in discovered petroleum reservoirs are becoming
more commonplace to achieve improved recovery and sustainability of oil/gas resources. A …

Surface characteristics and permeability enhancement of shale fractures due to water and supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing

Y Jia, Y Lu, D Elsworth, Y Fang, J Tang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is an alternative working fluid to water for hydraulic fracturing in shale
reservoirs. It offers advantages as a substitute for the use of large quantities of potable water …

Performance analysis for a model of a multi-wing hydraulically fractured vertical well in a coalbed methane gas reservoir

L Zhang, Z Kou, H Wang, Y Zhao, M Dejam… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a composite model to investigate the pressure behavior and production
performance of a multi-wing hydraulically fractured multiple fractured vertical well (MFVW) in …

Relationship between pore structure and mechanical properties of shale on supercritical carbon dioxide saturation

Y Lu, X Chen, J Tang, H Li, L Zhou, S Han, Z Ge, B Xia… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
When fracturing a shale gas reservoir with supercritical CO 2, the interaction between CO 2
and shale will change the pore structure, thus affecting the mechanical properties of shale …

Effect of proppant addition schedule on the proppant distribution in a straight fracture for slickwater treatment

X Hu, K Wu, G Li, J Tang, Z Shen - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The slickwater treatment is widely used in the unconventional fracturing. The proppant
addition schedule is an important aspect of slickwater treatment. However, the effect of …

Casing deformation from fracture slip in hydraulic fracturing

F Yin, L Han, S Yang, Y Deng, Y He, X Wu - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Casing failure during hydraulic fracturing is infrequent, but its consequence and impact can
be significant for the shale gas wells. It may result in inaccessible cased hole and …

A review of analytical and semi-analytical fluid flow models for ultra-tight hydrocarbon reservoirs

W Wang, D Fan, G Sheng, Z Chen, Y Su - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, numerous approaches, eg, analytical and semi-analytical pressure
solutions, production decline curve, reservoir-scale numerical models, have been used to …

Microcrack-based geomechanical modeling of rock-gas interaction during supercritical CO2 fracturing

L Liu, W Zhu, C Wei, D Elsworth, J Wang - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Relative to water-based fluids, non-aqueous fracturing fluids have the potential to increase
production, reduce water requirements, and to minimize environmental impacts. Since the …

In-situ stresses controlling hydraulic fracture propagation and fracture breakdown pressure

Y Zhang, J Zhang, B Yuan, S Yin - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In-situ stress impact on hydraulic fracturing is investigated to enhance hydraulic fracturing
performance. Lithology-controlled lower and upper bounds of the horizontal stresses are …