Treatment of kerogen in subterranean formations

KL Hull, GA Al-Muntasheri, YN Abousleiman… - US Patent …, 2019‏ - Google Patents
Provided in this disclosure, in part, are methods, composi tions, and systems for degrading
organic matter, such as kerogen, in a subterranean formation. Further, these meth ods …

Petroleum geochemical properties of the oil shales from the Early Cretaceous Garau Formation, Qalikuh locality, Zagros Mountains, Iran

A Shekarifard, M Daryabandeh, M Rashidi… - International Journal of …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
A suite of petroleum geochemical techniques including Rock-Eval VI pyrolysis, carbon
analyzer, kerogen petrography and palynofacies, vitrinite reflectance (VRr), elemental …

Effects of ductility of organic-rich shale on hydraulic fracturing: A fully coupled extended-finite-element-method analysis using a modified cohesive zone model

C Huang, S Chen - SPE Journal, 2021‏ - onepetro.org
The popular cohesive zone model (CZM) that only features decreasing cohesive traction
along with crack separation might not adequately represent the fracturing behavior in …

Synthetic source rocks

MH Haque, YN Abousleiman, KL Hull… - US Patent …, 2022‏ - Google Patents
Methods and systems for fabricating synthetic source rocks with organic materials, for
example, using high energy resonant acoustic mixing technology, are provided. An example …

Determination of depositional environments

M Soua, D Jacobi, JAE Gonzalez - US Patent 11,549,894, 2023‏ - Google Patents
Methods are provided for determining a depositional envi ronment of a sample of a
subterranean environment. An example method includes measuring intensities for a crys …

Development Strategies for Conventional Tight-Oil Formations in the Middle East

MG Althani - 2021‏ - search.proquest.com
Oil production in the United States (US) increased rapidly in the last decade due to the
extensive development of tight-oil resources like Permian, Eagle Ford and Bakken. Most of …

[كتاب][B] Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing Initiation and Propagation in Porous Rock Formations

C Huang - 2021‏ - search.proquest.com
Hydraulic fracturing has long been introduced to the oil and gas industry since the early
nineteenth century for both reservoir characterization and reservoir stimulation. Despite the …

Nano-indentation tests to characterize hydraulic fractures

KL Hull, YN Abousleiman - US Patent 10,520,407, 2019‏ - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A rock sample is nano-indented from a surface of the rock sample to a
specified depth less than a thickness of the rock sample. While nano-indenting, multiple …

Estimating natural fracture properties based on production from hydraulically fractured wells

C Liu, YN Abousleiman - US Patent 11,268,373, 2022‏ - Google Patents
To estimate natural fracture properties based on production from hydraulically fractured
wells, a computer system receives hydrocarbon reservoir production information asso ciated …

Nano-indentation tests to characterize hydraulic fractures

KL Hull, YN Abousleiman - US Patent 10,908,056, 2021‏ - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A rock sample is nano-indented from a surface of the rock sample to a
specified depth less than a thickness of the rock sample. While nano-indenting, multiple …