Multiphase fluid-rock interactions and flow behaviors in shale nanopores: A comprehensive review

J Cai, X Jiao, H Wang, W He, Y **a - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The complicated flow behaviors of multiphase fluids in shale reservoirs are significantly
influenced by fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions due to the non-negligible intermolecular …

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 …

Thermodynamic characterization of H2-brine-shale wettability: Implications for hydrogen storage at subsurface

A Al-Yaseri, N Yekeen, M Mahmoud, A Kakati… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large-scale underground hydrogen storage (UHS) appears to play an important role in the
hydrogen economy supply chain, hereby supporting the energy transition to net-zero carbon …

Analysis of CO2 effects on porosity and permeability of shale reservoirs under different water content conditions

J Tao, S Meng, D Li, Z Rui, H Liu, J Xu - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 technology has been the key technology to enhance oil and gas recovery for shale oil
and gas reservoir development. After injection, CO 2 can react with water and generate …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of pore systems in low-maturity oil shales during thermal upgrading—Quantified by dynamic SEM and machine learning

J Liu, X Bai, D Elsworth - Petroleum Science, 2024 - Elsevier
In-situ upgrading by heating is feasible for low-maturity shale oil, where the pore space
dynamically evolves. We characterize this response for a heated substrate concurrently …

A comprehensive review of the oil flow mechanism and numerical simulations in shale oil reservoirs

Z Li, Z Lei, W Shen, DA Martyushev, X Hu - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pore structure of shale oil reservoirs is complex, and the microscale and nanoscale
effect is obvious in the development of shale oil reservoirs. Understanding the oil flow …

Insight into spontaneous water-based working fluid imbibition on the dynamic tensile behavior of anisotropic shale

Y Guo, X Li, L Huang - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Shale gas is becoming a new energy development focus worldwide with advances in
horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing, and spontaneous water-based working fluid …

Shale oil and gas generation process and pore fracture system evolution mechanisms of the Continental Gulong Shale, Songliao Basin, China

L Sun, W He, Z Feng, H Zeng, H Jiang, Z Pan - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Continental shale oil is a new source of oil, and its formation and evolution mechanism is
one of the most important scientific problems in its effective exploration and development. In …

[HTML][HTML] A new method for evaluating the oil mobility based on the relationship between pore structure and state of oil

L Bai, B Liu, X Fu, Q Hu, Q Huo, L Wang, Q Wang… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
An accurate evaluation of the shale oil mobility is crucial to its cost-effective exploitation. This
study presents a method to assess shale oil mobility by integrating the pore structure and oil …

Comprehensive outlook into critical roles of pressure, volume, and temperature (PVT) and phase behavior on the exploration and development of shale oil

B Liu, S Gao, E Mohammadian… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Shale oil has received increasing attention as an essential replacement for conventional oil
resources. Shale oil recovery is a complex process controlled by interactions of many factors …