Developments and applications of the CFD-DEM method in particle–fluid numerical simulation in petroleum engineering: A review

X Wang, L Gong, Y Li, J Yao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Particle and fluid flow is a general problem existing in a series of engineering activities
during oil and gas development. Many efforts have been made to investigate the migration …

A review of experimental studies on the proppant settling in hydraulic fractures

S Yao, C Chang, K Hai, H Huang, H Li - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The hike of hydraulic fracturing in North America and beyond leads to significantly enhanced
hydrocarbon production especially in low-permeability geological formations. Proppant …

Integrated simulation of three-dimensional hydraulic fracture propagation and Lagrangian proppant transport in multilayered reservoirs

S Mao, K Wu, G Moridis - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The numerical simulation of hydraulic fractures is a critical yet challenging computational
problem due to its multi-physics nature. This paper develops an integrated hydraulic …

[HTML][HTML] Shale gas production evaluation framework based on data-driven models

YW He, ZY He, Y Tang, YJ Xu, JC Long… - Petroleum Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Increasing the production and utilization of shale gas is of great significance for building a
clean and low-carbon energy system. Sharp decline of gas production has been widely …

Study on the pump schedule impact in hydraulic fracturing of unconventional reservoirs on proppant transport law

M Lv, T Guo, X Jia, D Wen, M Chen, Y Wang, Z Qu… - Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In unconventional reservoir hydraulic fracturing, using a pump schedule with proppant
concentration constant (PCC) instead of the proppant concentration stepwise increasing …

A review on numerical simulation of proppant transport: Eulerian–Lagrangian views

Z Wen, L Zhang, H Tang, J Zeng, X He, Z Yang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Proppant transport is a very important topic in hydraulic fracturing, having a direct influence
on the production performance of hydraulically fractured wells. An accurate and in-depth …

Preparation and performance evaluation of nano-composite fracturing fluid with good oil displacement ability in tight reservoir

C Liu, Y Li, P Wang, H Jiao, X Yao, G Zhao… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Using slickwater fracturing fluid is an efficient stimulation method in low-permeability
reservoirs. The drag reducing ability of drag reducing agents is very important for fracturing …

Numerical investigation on hydraulic fracturing of extreme limited entry perforating in plug-and-perforation completion of shale oil reservoir in Changqing oilfield …

F Zhang, X Wang, M Tang, X Du, C Xu, J Tang… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2021‏ - Springer
In recent years, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing for shale oil reservoirs is develo** toward
a shorter cluster spacing and a larger number of clusters per stage. The objective is to …

Validation and application of a three-dimensional model for simulating proppant transport and fracture conductivity

J Huang, Y Hao, RR Settgast, JA White… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2023‏ - Springer
Hydraulically fractured well productivity greatly depends on fracture conductivity, which itself
is dictated by proppant transport and placement. To guide engineering design and evaluate …

Interwell fracturing interference evaluation in shale gas reservoirs

Y He, Z He, Y Tang, Y Xu, J Xu, J Li… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Severe fracturing interference in multi-well pads has been identified in shale gas reservoirs.
The gas production of affected multi-fractured horizontal wells (MFHWs) decrease a lot and it …