From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: Recent advances and new frontiers

HS Viswanathan, J Ajo‐Franklin… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

Chemical and reactive transport processes associated with hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales

AD Jew, JL Druhan, M Ihme, AR Kovscek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales has changed the energy landscape of
the US Recovery of hydrocarbons from tight, hydraulically fractured shales is a highly …

Carbon mineralization in fractured mafic and ultramafic rocks: A review

H Nisbet, G Buscarnera, JW Carey… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mineral carbon storage in mafic and ultramafic rock masses has the potential to be an
effective and permanent mechanism to reduce anthropogenic CO2. Several successful pilot …

Controlling hydraulic fracture growth through precise vertical placement of lateral wells: insights from HFTS experiment and numerical validation

W Fu, JP Morris, CS Sherman, P Fu… - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2022 - Springer
Vertical placement of the lateral portion of a wellbore in shale formations is crucial for the
optimization of hydraulic fracture geometry and the resultant well production. It is common to …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale fracture patterns and their effects on gas enrichment in tight sandstones: a case study of the Upper Paleozoic in the Qingshimao gas field, Ordos …

J Wang, J Wang, Y Zhang, D Zhang, L Sun… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A well-connected network formed by multi-scale fractures is a key factor in the formation of
high-quality reservoirs and the achievement of high and stable oil and gas production in …

Sealing fractures to increase underground storage security: Lessons learned from a multiscale multimodal imaging study of a syntaxial vein in a mudrock

S Hajirezaie, CA Peters, DR Cole, JM Sheets, JJ Kim… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Veins recovered from deep sedimentary formations offer insights into mineral precipitates
and processes that lead to sealing of underground fractures. These processes are of interest …

An Overview of Recent Developments and Understandings of Unconventionals in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina

X Lu, S Li, R Han, B Jia, C **an, F Ding, Y Zhang… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this article, we comprehensively reviewed Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation, which
encompasses a geological overview, advances in extraction technologies, the potential …

Continuous surface-to-distributed acoustic sensor snapshots explain reactivation of individual natural fractures during an unconventional reservoir stimulation

S Glubokovskikh, J Correa, J Ajo-Franklin… - …, 2025 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fiber-optic sensing technologies allow petroleum engineering teams to detect hydraulic
fracture interaction with boreholes during unconventional reservoir stimulation. In …

Revealing complex subsurface dynamics with continuous seismic monitoring: Observations using distributed acoustic sensing and surface orbital vibrators during …

J Correa, S Glubokovskikh, A Nayak, L Luo… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Understanding hydraulic fracturing is crucial to improving the stimulation of unconventional
reservoirs and increasing fluid production. This study develops a novel seismic monitoring …

Fracture Characteristics and Distribution in Slant Core from Conglomerate Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (CHFTS) in Junggar Basin, Northwest China

S Shi, R Zhuo, L Cheng, Y **ang, X Ma, T Wang - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydraulic fracture networks, especially fracture geometry, height growth, and proppant
transport within the networks, present a critical influence on productivity evaluation and …