Natural fractures in ultra-deep reservoirs of China: A review

L Zeng, Y Song, G Liu, X Tan, X Xu, Y Yao… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, China has made significant progress in exploring oil and gas in sandstone
and carbonate rocks with burial depths of more than 6000 m in the Tarim, Sichuan, and …

A review of the genesis, evolution, and prediction of natural fractures in deep tight sandstones of China

L Zeng, L Gong, Y Zhang, S Dong, W Lyu - AAPG Bulletin, 2023 - archives.datapages.com
Natural fractures are effective reservoir spaces and the main seepage channel for tight
sandstones, which control the migration, enrichment, and productivity of oil and natural gas …

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 …

Deep and ultra-deep basin brittle deformation with focus on China

SE Laubach, L Zeng, JN Hooker, Q Wang… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
This volume describes progress in understanding brittle structures in deep and ultra-deep (>
4 km to> 7 km) sedimentary basins. Under deep conditions in sandstone, carbonate rocks …

A systematic investigation into the control of roughness on the flow properties of 3D‐printed fractures

T Phillips, T Bultreys, K Bisdom… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneous fracture aperture distribution, dictated by surface roughness, mechanical
rock and fracture properties, and effective stress, limits the predictive capabilities of many …

[HTML][HTML] Fracture intensity and associated variability: A new methodology for 3D digital outcrop model analysis of carbonate reservoirs

Y Panara, V Chandra, T Finkbeiner, A Petrovic… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of hydraulically conductive fracture networks fundamentally affects subsurface
fluid flow, the recovery factor and productivity in hydrocarbon carbonate reservoirs …

Subsurface fracture characterization in a folded ultra-deep tight-gas sandstone reservoir: A case study from the Keshen gas field, Tarim Basin, China

J Wang, X Yang, J Zhang, K Wang, R Zhang… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the Keshen gas field in the northern Tarim Basin, the main production interval is the ultra-
deep (> 6000 m), ultra-high pressure Lower Cretaceous Bashijiqike Formation …

Innovative experimental method for particle bridging behaviors in natural fractures

R Li, G Li, Y Feng, X Yang, Y Teng, Y Hu - Journal of Natural Gas Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lost circulation is a major challenge in drilling naturally fractured formations. The most
common solution for this problem is to add particulate lost circulation materials (LCM) in the …

Fracture stratigraphy and mechanical stratigraphy in sandstone: A multiscale quantitative analysis

J Liu, P Chen, K Xu, H Yang, H Liu, Y Liu - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Mechanical stratigraphy can provide valuable knowledge for evaluating and predicting the
distribution of structural fractures and in situ stress. The fracture stratigraphy and mechanical …

Damage zone characterization combining scan-line and scan-area analysis on a km-scale Digital Outcrop Model: The Qala Fault (Gozo)

M Martinelli, A Bistacchi, S Mittempergher… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fault damage zones can act as a preferential corridor for fluid flow in the subsurface, and for
this reason the characterization of their structure, including the attributes of the associated …