About this Research Topic
The world’s traditional hydrocarbon reserves are in rapid decline and will be unable to meet the future demand for energy. Successful exploitation in the unconventional tight/shale formations is playing an increasingly important role in balancing out this shortage, however, new challenges are encountered in numerous areas related to the development of such resources, including but not limited to the micro/nano scale pore characterization, sweet-spot identification, fluid flow in the complex fracture-matrix network, hydraulic fracturing design, fracture geometry prediction, intelligent well completion, reservoir performance optimization, application of data analytics and machine learning approaches.
This Research Topic aims to present the challenges as well as the new advances in the exploitation process of unconventional tight/shale resources, starting from fluid flow mechanisms and new developing technologies, to field pilots and applications of the new perspectives and methods. The special issue will advance the fundamental understanding in this area and bring positive impacts to the development of the global unconventional oil and gas industry.
We welcome interested authors to submit Original Research and Review articles, including but not limited to the research papers and reviews about the new theories, technologies and challenges in unconventional oil and gas resources exploitation, geothermal resources, natural gas hydrate and CCUS.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Pore structure characterization
• Geomechanical characterization and modeling
• Rock-fluid interactions
• Geochemistry in water imbibition
• Multiscale fluid flow and transport in porous media
• Fracture network modeling and validation
• Advanced fracturing monitoring
• Well completion theory
• Well logging theory and interpretation
• Formation evaluation and production forecast theories
• Modelling methods for the enhanced geothermal system
• Carbon capture utilization and storage
• Gas storage
• Data analytics and machine learning
• Economic evaluation of shale gas wells
This Research Topic aims to present the challenges as well as the new advances in the exploitation process of unconventional tight/shale resources, starting from fluid flow mechanisms and new developing technologies, to field pilots and applications of the new perspectives and methods. The special issue will advance the fundamental understanding in this area and bring positive impacts to the development of the global unconventional oil and gas industry.
We welcome interested authors to submit Original Research and Review articles, including but not limited to the research papers and reviews about the new theories, technologies and challenges in unconventional oil and gas resources exploitation, geothermal resources, natural gas hydrate and CCUS.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Pore structure characterization
• Geomechanical characterization and modeling
• Rock-fluid interactions
• Geochemistry in water imbibition
• Multiscale fluid flow and transport in porous media
• Fracture network modeling and validation
• Advanced fracturing monitoring
• Well completion theory
• Well logging theory and interpretation
• Formation evaluation and production forecast theories
• Modelling methods for the enhanced geothermal system
• Carbon capture utilization and storage
• Gas storage
• Data analytics and machine learning
• Economic evaluation of shale gas wells
Keywords: unconventional resources, reservoir stimulation, enhanced oil recovery, intelligent well completion
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