Due to the depletion of conventional reservoirs and high demand energy, unconventional will be relied on supply world's energy for foreseeable future. Unfortunately, because their complex storage flow mechanisms, modelling analysis have been very challenging. Although semi-analytical numerical models proposed, these rely somewhat simplifying assumptions require several input parameters. In this...

EDITORIAL article Front. Earth Sci., 30 June 2023Sec. Solid Geophysics Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1234699

Rates of infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria have increased precipitously over the past several decades, with far-reaching healthcare and societal costs. Recent evidence has established a link between antibiotic resistance genes in human pathogens and those found in non-pathogenic, commensal, and environmental organisms, prompting deeper investigation of natural and human-associated re...

Various models featuring horizontal wells with multiple fractures have been proposed to characterize flow behavior over time in tight and shale gas systems. Currently, only very little is known about the effects of nonideal fracture patterns and coupled primary-secondary fracture interactions on reservoir performance in unconventional gas reservoirs. We developed a 3D Voronoi mesh-maker that pr...

As a representative of emerging unconventional energy, shale gas has the characteristics large reserves, long production cycle, and environmental protection. However, due to complex geological reservoirs, economic development reservoirs is difficult. In this paper, on basis full investigation relevant literature, according permeability mechanism productivity horizontal wells in low-permeability...

Shale gas is one of the primary types of unconventional reservoirs to be exploited in search for long-lasting resources. Production from shale gas reservoirs requires horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing to achieve the most economic production. However, plenty of parameters (e.g., fracture conductivity, fracture spacing, half-length, matrix permeability, and porosity, etc) have high un...