Mechanisms of Shale/Tight Oil and Gas Transport in Nanopores
A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2022) | Viewed by 6459
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Interests: shale gas; heavy oil; gas hydrate
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Interests: carbon capture and storage (CCS); cyclic steam stimulation (CSS); steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD); expanding solvent steam-assisted gravity drainage (ES-SAGD); vapor extraction process (VAPEX) for heavy oil and bitumen reservoirs; hydraulic fracturing for shale, tight oil and gas, and CBM (coal bed methane); underground coal gasification (UCG).
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Interests: thermal recovery; EOR; unconventional resources; reservoir engineering; reservoir simulation
Interests: shale; nanopores; fluid transport; phase behavior; CCUS
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Dear Colleagues,
As important geofluid resources, shale/tight oil and gas have been game changers in the worldwide energy revolution. With advances in the technology of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal wells, key progress has been made in the development of shale/tight oil and gas reservoirs in North America and Asia. However, there are still many challenges when it come to the prediction of production, and in particular, the mechanism of shale/tight oil and gas transport in nanopores still needs further investigation.
The existence of shale/tight nanopores makes the pore size distribution complex and increases the heterogeneity of transport pathways. As many flow regimes exist, classical Darcy’s law is not able to describe the transport behavior of oil and gas in shale/tight sandstone nanopores. The confinement of nanopores also makes the phase behavior different from conventional reservoirs. Thus, many modelling and experimental studies have been performed in the past to deal with the challenges. This Special Issue aims to cover the most recent advances in the understanding of shale/tight oil and gas transport in nanopores. We encourage submissions focusing on modelling and experimental studies to address the challenge of the nano-scale transport process in shale/tight rocks. Both original research and review articles are welcomed.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Phase behavior description in nanopores
- Numerical/analytical models for oil/gas transport in shale/tight sandstone nanopores
- Experimental/modelling study of imbibition
- Pore-scale modelling and simulation
- Nanoscale geomechanical research in shale/tight rocks
- Water-rock interaction in shale/tight sandstone nanopores
- Multiphase relative permeability curves in shale/tight sandstone nanopores.
Dr. Jinze Xu
Prof. Dr. Zhangxing John Chen
Dr. Xiaohu Dong
Dr. Keliu Wu
Guest Editors
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