Rock wetting behaviour and CO 2/brine interfacial tension (IFT) have significant impacts on
enhanced hydrocarbon recovery (EOR) and carbon geo-sequestration (CGS) projects …

Formation damage has the potential to impair and weaken reservoir productivity and
injectivity, causing substantial economic losses. Oil and gas wells can be damaged by …

To investigate the effects of wettability on multiphase flow in porous media, glass bead
packs or micromodels are commonly used. Their wettability can be altered by the surface …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (Sc-CO 2) has been used in shale gas exploitation for efficient
fracturing and the added benefit of CO 2 geo-storage. Many studies have suggested that the …

Abstract CO 2 geo-sequestration (CGS) is crucial in tackling global climate change, and the
safety of CO 2 storage within the reservoir is intricately linked to wettability. The utilization of …

Background: The Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)(PHBV) scaffold has proven
to be a promising three-dimensional (3D) biodegradable and bioactive scaffold for the …

Shale gas reservoirs are characterized by low porosity and low permeability which inhibits
their large-scale commercial development. This has fueled research into the enhancement …

Thermal stimulation has excellent potential for enhancing the productivity of organic-rich
shale. However, this shale's high thermal cracking threshold temperature (T tct) results in …

Wettability is the fundamental parameter that influences the productivity of hydrocarbon
reservoirs. The knowledge of this regarding shale formation is yet inadequate; thus, detailed …

Clarifying the microscale gas–water flow behaviors in a mixed wettability reservoir is of great
importance for underground engineering. A numerical model of mixed wettability based on …