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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Shale reservoir."”.
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Simulation of Multi-Component Gas Flow and Condensation in Marcellus Shale Reservoir
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, environmental sustainability, and increased security for our nation. However, due to recent low gas prices, most of …
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Poroelastic Effect on Gas Transport and Storage in Organic Rich Shale Reservoir
… on the effect of poroelastic properties of the shale matrix on storage and transportation mechanism in multi-scale organic rich shale gas reservoirs. Over last decades shale gas research widen significantly, however, the behavior and properties of shale formation still need more investigation. …
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Imaging a Hydraulically Fractured Bakken Shale Reservoir Using 4D-Tomography and Reverse VSP Techniques with Perforation Shot Sources
Hydrocarbon production from shale reservoirs varies considerably from one location to another in the same well. This variation can be due to geologic factors but also due to variabilities in the reservoir’ stimulation. Seismic images may be inconclusive in identifying areas where hydraulic …
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Application of Raman Spectroscopy and Transmission Spectroscopy for Shale Reservoir Characterization: Thermal Maturity Correlation and Organic Matter Type Differentiation
Organic rich shale formations have historically been of interest principally as source rocks for hydrocarbon (HC) generation. As such the prime areas of interest in their study have included organic matter type, as evaluated using geochemical techniques, and thermal maturity. The standard measures …
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Multi-scale Numerical Studies on Characterization of Shale Gas Reservoir Development
… reliably and objectively assess and forecast the shale reservoir performance with an advanced understanding of the shale reservoir specialty. With enhanced hydraulic characterization, Chapter 2 provides an advanced modelling scheme using the commercial platform to reduce history-match errors and …
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Correlstion between the volume of slurry and the volume of fracture in Barnett Shale
… large fracture networks can be generated in many shale reservoirs and create multiple of plan complex structure. The ultra-low permeability in Barnett shale requires hydraulic fracturing to generate wellbore contact with the reservoir in order to achieve economic gas rates by the concept of a …
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Stratigraphic partitioning and reservoir distribution of the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian Exshaw Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.
… Early Mississippian Exshaw Formation is a black shale reservoir within the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) that accumulated as an organic-rich basinal mudrock within a tectonically extensional region prone to horst and graben structures. This study characterizes sedimentologic and …
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Study of the Effect of Fracture Completion Variables on Decline Curve Parameters for Long-Term Production Forecast of Shale Liquids
Shale reservoir exploitation using multiple stage hydraulically fractured horizontal wells has proved the existence of considerable amount of oil and gas reserves throughout the world. Forecasts of future production from these reservoirs based on the fracture stimulation parameters and reservoir …
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Inclusion of Fracture Skin in Duong’s Model of Rate-Decline Analysis for Fracture-Dominated Shale Reservoirs
… in the US oil and gas industry. Unconventional reservoirs vary significantly in their reservoir characteristics and production methodologies when compared to conventional reservoirs. The differences between conventional and unconventional reservoirs lead to significant duration of transient flow …
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Petrophysical facies mapping of the Pennsylvanian Cline Shale, Midland Basin, West Texas.
The Cline Shale is a Pennsylvanian unconventional shale resource play located in the Midland Basin, west Texas. This study evaluates the depositional, stratigraphic and petrologic controls on Cline Shale reservoir quality and their spatial distribution as determined from core-calibrated …
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Characterizing Supercritical Methane Adsorption on Shale by a Multi-site Model
Shale gas, mainly consisting of adsorbed gas and free gas, has served a critical role of supplying the growing global natural gas demand in the past decades. Considering that the adsorbed methane has contributed up to 80% of the total gas in place (GIP), understanding the methane adsorption …
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Characterization of tight and shale unconventional gas reservoirs using low field NMR
… petroleum resources, especially tight and shale reserves, constitute an increasing frontier of reserves additions as conventional production declines. In these sources, reservoir characteristics have significant value in reserve estimation and flow modelling. These characteristics are …
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The Application of Single porosity Model to Predict the Performance of the Low Permeability Naturally Fractured Formations
Natural gas extraction from shale is currently an expensive endeavor due to the tight reservoir rock with nano-darcy permeability. New technology in the form of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracturing through the use of high pressure liquids) has overcome the flow capacity problem …
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Synthetic geomechanical logs and distributions for marcellus shale
… Geomechanical Logs for a specific Marcellus Shale asset using Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Technology. Geomechanical Distributions (Map and Volume) for the entire Marcellus Shale asset was completed. In order to accomplish the objectives, conventional well logs such as Gamma Ray …
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Determining Hydrocarbon Distribution Using Resistivity, Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, Southwestern Mississippi
… for local production is strong and the onshore shale reservoirs of the United States appear to be a prime target. The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale is one such shale reservoir that has been rapidly gaining interest throughout the petroleum industry and the availability of published data concerning the …
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Application of the Finite Element Method to Solve Coupled Multiphysics Problems for Subsurface Energy Extraction
… fractures to cumulative gas production from a shale reservoir is investigated by modifying the transmissibility coefficient. Reservoir simulation results in chapter 3 suggest that reactivated natural fractures in the tight formations at early stages can improve gas production up to 25\%; …
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Rock Physics Study of Lacustrine Shales and Applications in Geophysical Prediction of Sweet Spot
… is crucial in bridging seismic data with reservoir properties. Although shale oil reservoirs are considered to be significant hydrocarbon resources, their exploration and extraction still pose challenges, especially in lacustrine shale environments. I conducted a comprehensive rock physics …
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Identification of a thermal maturation high, revised maturity map, and production trends of the Late Devonian Duvernay Formation, Alberta, Canada.
… Western Canada Sedimentary Basin is a prolific shale reservoir that has been developed since 2010 and produced 250 million barrels of oil equivalent. Regional thermal maturity trends across central and southern Alberta published in the literature are poorly understood and inconsistent with …
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Modeling Storage and Flow of Fluids in Shale Reservoirs
Recent development of shale gas reservoirs has led to a revolution in the global energy market. The shale gas industry has expanded rapidly through the application of new drilling and completion technologies, particularly horizontal wells completed in multiple hydraulic fracture stages. While these …
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Analytical Modeling of Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells in Heterogeneous Unconventional Reservoirs
… horizontal wells (MFHW) generally neglect reservoir heterogeneity, typical seepage characters of unconventional reservoir, partially penetrating fracture and various fracture damage mechanisms. In this thesis, three linear flow models have been developed to facilitate pressure and rate …
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