A review of transport mechanisms and models for unconventional tight shale gas reservoir systems

S Akilu, E Padmanabhan, Z Sun - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Gas transport in unconventional reservoirs is highly complex by differing greatly from those
in conventional reservoirs with low porosity and permeability. Shale incorporates both …

Flow modeling in shale gas reservoirs: A comprehensive review

A Taghavinejad, M Sharifi, E Heidaryan, K Liu… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Shale gas reservoirs (SGRs) have been exploited for commercial natural gas production for
the past decade and has become a major source of energy in today's world. Due to their …

A model for multiple transport mechanisms through nanopores of shale gas reservoirs with real gas effect–adsorption-mechanic coupling

K Wu, Z Chen, X Li, C Guo, M Wei - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Multiple transport mechanisms coexist in nanopores of shale gas reservoirs with complex
pore size distribution and different gas-storage processes, including continuum flow, slip …

A unified model for gas transfer in nanopores of shale-gas reservoirs: coupling pore diffusion and surface diffusion

K Wu, X Li, C Guo, C Wang, Z Chen - Spe Journal, 2016‏ - onepetro.org
A model for gas transfer in nanopores is the basis for accurate numerical simulation, which
has important implications for economic development of shale-gas reservoirs (SGRs). The …

Apparent gas permeability in an organic-rich shale reservoir

W Song, J Yao, Y Li, H Sun, L Zhang, Y Yang, J Zhao… - Fuel, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Accurate models of gas transport in shale gas reservoirs must consider complex gas
transport mechanisms and phase behavior in nanopores, as well as different pore types …

A model for gas transport in micro fractures of shale and tight gas reservoirs

K Wu, X Li, C Wang, W Yu, Z Chen - SPE Canada Unconventional …, 2015‏ - onepetro.org
A model for gas transport in micro fractures of shale and tight gas reservoirs is established.
Slip flow and Knudsen diffusion are coupled together to describe general gas transport …

Apparent permeability model for gas transport through micropores and microfractures in shale reservoirs

Q Gao, S Han, Y Cheng, Y Li, C Yan, Z Han - Fuel, 2021‏ - Elsevier
With the rapid development of horizontal well drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques,
shale gas has become a major source of energy in recent years. However, accurately …

Slip length of methane flow under shale reservoir conditions: Effect of pore size and pressure

Y Nan, W Li, Z ** - Fuel, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The conventional hydrodynamic equations (Navier-Stokes, Hagen-Poiseuille equations and
Darcy's law) are no longer applicable in shale gas recovery due to strong surface adsorption …

An efficient numerical hybrid model for multiphase flow in deformable fractured-shale reservoirs

X Yan, ZQ Huang, J Yao, Y Li, D Fan, H Sun, K Zhang - SPE journal, 2018‏ - onepetro.org
After hydraulic fracturing, a shale reservoir usually has multiscale fractures and becomes
more stress-sensitive. In this work, an adaptive hybrid model is proposed to simulate …

Impacts of gas properties and transport mechanisms on the permeability of shale at pore and core scale

Z Tian, W Wei, S Zhou, C Sun, R Rezaee, J Cai - Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this work, new integrated permeability models for micro-nanopores and fractal shale
matrixes are constructed by coupling different transport mechanisms, adsorption …