In the process of shale gas exploitation, the hydraulic fracturing technology is generally used
to generate the stimulate reservoir volume (SRV). The network connectivity between natural …

All reservoirs are fractured to some degree. Depending on the density, dimension,
orientation and the cementation of natural fractures and the location where the hydraulic …

The development of prediction tools for production performance and the lifespan of shale
gas reservoirs has been a focus for petroleum engineers. Several decline curve models …

Tight and shale oil and gas reservoirs demonstrate unique geological characteristics such
as extremely poor storage-flow quality, and multi-scale structure of storage and flow space …

Thermal enhanced recovery (TER) is a promising approach to improving the production
efficiency of shale gas reservoirs. TER involves complex physical behaviors including …

Due to the high-content of clay and kerogen, shale will always show viscoelastic mechanical
behaviors during the development of shale gas, which will lead to the increase of proppant …

Compared with conventional reservoirs, gas flow in shale formation is affected by additional
nonlinear coupled processes such as matrix/fracture deformations. We present a fully …

Owing to the presence of chemically unstable compositions (eg, clay minerals, carbonate,
pyrite, and organic matter (OM)) which are closely related to shale structure failures or …

In recent years, with the deepening of exploration and development theories for tight oil
reservoirs and the continuous breakthroughs in key engineering technologies, positive …

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) are being applied to many oil and gas
(O&G) applications and seen as novel techniques that may facilitate efficiency gains in …