Advances in Technology for Enhancing Oil and Gas Recovery in Shale Reservoirs (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 May 2026 | Viewed by 51
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Interests: shale; unconventional reservoir petrophysics; unconventional oil and gas development; CCUS; HDR geothermal development
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Interests: shale; nanopores; fluid transport; phase behavior; CCUS
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Interests: shale gas/oil; EOR; water–rock interaction; multiscale transport of methane; CCUS
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
From a geological point of view, shale oil and gas reservoirs are different from conventional oil and gas reservoirs. The specific petrophysical and geochemical properties of a shale reservoir endow it with special fluid characteristics and stimulation technologies. Shale oil and gas are abundant, but their recovery rate is low. Therefore, with the growing demand for enhancing the performance of shale oil and gas development, the technology for enhancing oil and gas recovery in shale reservoirs is attracting great interest throughout the petroleum engineering community.
This Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Technology for Enhancing Oil and Gas Recovery in Shale Reservoirs (2nd Edition),” aims to cover the latest advances in the technology and application of enhancing shale oil and gas production, as well as the lastest research on the fluid in shale reservoirs. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome on topics including, but are not limited to, mechanisms, methods, and/ or applications in the following areas:
- Fluid properties and flow mechanisms in shale reservoirs;
- Drilling, cementing, and perforating in shale reservoirs;
- Hydraulic fracturing in shale reservoirs;
- Formation damage control in shale oil and gas development;
- Production strategy optimization of shale oil and gas wells;
- Innovative methods for enhancing shale oil and gas recovery;
- Carbon capture, storage, and utilization in shale reservoirs.
Thank you for your time, and we hope that you will consider contributing to this Special Issue.
Dr. Mingjun Chen
Prof. Dr. Keliu Wu
Dr. Jiajia Bai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- shale gas
- shale oil
- enhanced recovery
- drilling
- reservoir stimulation
- fracturing fluid
- multiscale heat and mass transport
- pore structure
- fracture network
- CCUS
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