Pore-network modeling of flow in shale nanopores: Network structure, flow principles, and computational algorithms

R Cui, SM Hassanizadeh, S Sun - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons in subsurface nanoporous media, such as shale, are promising energy
resources to compensate for the shortage of conventional reservoirs. Pore-network …

Exploring anomalous fluid behavior at the nanoscale: Direct visualization and quantification via nanofluidic devices

J Zhong, MA Alibakhshi, Q **e, J Riordon… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nanofluidics is the study of fluids under nanoscale confinement, where small-
scale effects dictate fluid physics and continuum assumptions are no longer fully valid. At …

Visualized investigation of transport and phase behaviors during CO2 huff-n-puff in nanomatrix-fracture tight formations

Y Guo, J Shi, J Qiu, Z Xu, B Bao - Fuel, 2023‏ - Elsevier
CO 2 huff-n-puff is growing as a promising technique for boosting production efficiency in
tight reservoirs while simultaneously minimizing the carbon footprint of hydrocarbon …

A new fluidics method to determine minimum miscibility pressure

F Ungar, S Ahitan, S Worthing, A Abedini… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Micro and nano-fluidic devices have attracted increasing attention in the oil industry. In this
study, we designed a new slim-tube method to determine MMP on a microfluidic chip. The …

A pore-network-based upscaling framework for the nanoconfined phase behavior in shale rocks

S Chen, J Jiang, B Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The presence of extensive nanopores in organic-rich shale introduces unique
thermodynamic fluid phase behaviors owing to large pressure differentials across fluid-fluid …

Effects of thief zones on displacement efficiency: Microfluidic pore-scale and conformance control analysis

ZB Qi, S Pierobon, O Serediak, J Le, A Pettigrew… - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Thief zones are regions with high permeability, usually formed in mature or depleted
reservoirs after water flooding, which can further reduce the overall recovery during …

Experimental study on the criticality of a methane/ethane mixture confined in nanoporous media

X Qiu, SP Tan, M Dejam, H Adidharma - Langmuir, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
For the first time, the critical region of a methane/ethane mixture confined in nanoporous
media (SBA-15) is experimentally investigated using differential scanning calorimetry with …

High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents

A Gizzatov, S Pierobon, Z AlYousef, G Jian, X Fan… - Scientific Reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
CO2 foam helps to increase the viscosity of CO2 flood fluid and thus improve the process
efficiency of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas's subsurface utilization and sequestration …

Hydrocarbon mixture phase behavior in multi-scale systems in relation to shale oil recovery: The effect of pore size distributions

Y Zhao, Z ** - Fuel, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Shale media contains a large amount of nano-scale pores, with their total pore volume
comparable to that of the connected macropores and natural/hydraulic fractures (bulk) …

Screening high-temperature foams with microfluidics for thermal recovery processes

TW de Haas, B Bao, H Acosta Ramirez, A Abedini… - Energy & …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Thermal recovery processes, and in particular, Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), are
the most common and practical in situ technology for bitumen extraction. While SAGD is …