Matrix acidizing in carbonate rocks and the impact on geomechanical properties: A review

U Alameedy, A Fatah, AK Abbas, A Al-Yaseri - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Acid treatment is a widely used stimulation technique in the petroleum industry. Matrix
acidizing is regarded as an effective and efficient acidizing technique for carbonate …

The dilemma of soaking a hydraulically fractured horizontal shale well prior to flowback–A decade literature review

R Shaibu, B Guo - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Water soaking a horizontal shale well is a practice whereby operators in shale gas and oil
production shut-in a well after a multistage hydraulic fracture treatment. By this practice, it is …

Surface‐volume scaling controlled by dissolution regimes in a multiphase flow environment

CX Zhou, R Hu, H Deng, B Ling… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluid‐rock dissolution occurs ubiquitously in geological systems. Surface‐volume scaling is
central to predicting overall dissolution rate R involved in modeling dissolution processes …

Pore‐scale visualization and quantification of dissolution in microfluidic rough channels

CX Zhou, R Hu, HW Li, Z Yang… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The dissolution dynamics of rough channels is a fundamental issue involved in widening
fracture channels (cavity evolution), solution mining, and upscaling of dissolution rate …

Transitions of dissolution patterns in rough fractures

T Wang, R Hu, Z Yang, CX Zhou… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Key Points We visualize and quantify three distinct dissolution patterns in radial rough
fractures We propose a theoretical model to predict the transitions of dissolution patterns …

Effect of acid treatment on the geomechanical properties of rocks: an experimental investigation in Ahdeb oil field

U Alameedy, AA Alhaleem, A Isah, A Al-Yaseri… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Springer
Acidizing is one of the most used stimulation techniques in the petroleum industry. Several
reports have been issued on the difficulties encountered during the stimulation operation of …

Micro-CT characterization on pore structure evolution of low-permeability sandstone under acid treatment

S Liu, L Zhang, X Su, L Zhao, Y Wang - Applied Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Permeability enhancement via acid has drawn broad attention in mining and oil industries to
treat low-permeability formations to increase the resource recovery rate. In this study …

On the role of gravity in dissolving horizontal fractures

R Hu, K Li, CX Zhou, T Wang, Z Yang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fractures are ubiquitous in geological systems. As reactive fluid flow through a fracture,
dissolution of the fracture walls may occur, thus altering the fracture aperture and increasing …

Evolution of rock pore structure and physical properties due to acidification: Recent advances and future perspectives

F Zhao, X Jiao, X **a, S Xu, L Sun… - Advances in Geo …, 2024 - ager.yandypress.com
Acidification is crucial to oil and gas development, which effectively improves reservoir
development by reacting acid with some minerals in the rock. There are a large number of …

A model to quantify permeability in solute mixing precipitation porous media

C Guo, J Wu, Q Zhao, H Li, H Yang, Z Wu, S Qin - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
The effects of the concentration and flow velocity of the solution on calcite precipitation
process in porous media and its permeability were investigated with a combined …