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AN INTEGRATED GEOMECHANICS AND PETROPHYSICS STUDY OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
(2014-05)
Production enhancement of tight reservoirs requires in-depth analysis of mechanisms governing hydraulic fracturing, especially in naturally fractured reservoirs. This study is dedicated to the optimization of hydraulic ...
Three Dimensional Thermo-poroelastic Modeling of Fluid Injection and Induced Microseismicity in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
(2018)
Interests in naturally fractured reservoirs have grown rapidly in recent years due to the increasing energy needs. Understanding the behavior of naturally fractured reservoirs would be beneficial for a variety of engineering ...
Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticles Transport, Aggregation, and In Situ Gelation in Porous Media
(2017)
Nanoparticle applications in the petroleum industry have grown recently especially in EOR and well stimulation. Transport of nanoparticles in porous media involves different interaction mechanisms either between nanoparticles ...
ANISOTROPIC POROCHEMOELECTROELASTIC SOLUTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS IN FIELD OPERATIONS AND LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATION OF SHALE
(2013)
In this study, the porochemoelectroelastic formulation is explained in details and fully expanded to capture the well known anisotropic nature of shale. The formulation is then applied to derive the analytical solutions ...
INTERPRETATION OF PRESSURE TRANSIENT TESTS OF HORIZONTAL WELLS WITH
(2012)
The oil and gas industry has long recognized the importance of understanding the behaviors and trends of pressure and fluid flow dynamics for damaged and stimulated horizontal wells. It has also been recognized that the ...
A MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF WETTABILITY IN SHALE KEROGEN WITH VARYING MATURITY LEVELS AND ITS ROLE IN GOVERNING FLUID DISTRIBUTION
(2014-12)
Kerogen is defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter in sedimentary rocks and is a complex mixture of organic chemical compounds. The process of kerogen maturation is accompanied by the loss of functionalized ...
THE STUDIES OF CONFINED FLUID PHASE BEHAVIOR IN SHALE RESOURCES
(2018-05-11)
Fluid phase behavior in porous media is governed by not only fluid-fluid interactions but also fluid-wall interactions. In shale formations, a large amount of hydrocarbon fluid is stored within the organic matters where ...
NUMERICAL MODELING AND DIAGNOSTICS OF INTER- AND INTRA-WELL INTERFERENCE IN TIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS: TOWARDS OPTIMAL WELL SPACING DECISIONS
(2019)
The main objective of this dissertation is to provide sound understanding and mitigation solutions to the perplexing problem of well interference and its implications on completions design, well-spacing decisions, and ...