The aim of this study was to characterize the influence of CO2 in geological structures on mineralogical changes in rocks and assess the sequestration capacity in mineral form and solution of a potential pilot storage site in the Czech Republic. Rock...
Identifying the fate of contaminants (such as barium) during gas field produced water reinjection could be a feasible method to evaluate the environmental risks of the reinjection project and thus improve its sustainability. To assess the barium sorp...
Underground hydrogen storage is a potential way to balance seasonal fluctuations in energy production from renewable energies. The risks of hydrogen storage in depleted gas fields include the conversion of hydrogen to CH4(g) and H2S(g) due to microbi...
Many researchers have revealed that relative permeability depends on the gas-water-rock interactions and ultimately affects the fluid flow regime. However, the way that relative permeability changes with fractal porous media has been unclear so far....
An integrated research approach consisting of hydrogeologic and geochemical methods was applied to a coastal aquifer in the Ostia Antica archaeological park, Roma, Italy, to describe freshwater–saltwater interactions. The archaeological park of Ostia...
On 23 January 2024, a MS7.1 earthquake struck Wushi County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking the largest seismic event in the Southern Tianshan (STS) region in the past century. This study investigates the relationship between hydrothermal f...
This study investigates the microscopic structural changes and the evolution of physical properties in typical shale samples from three wells in southwestern China during water–rock interactions. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nuclea...
The gas–water relative-permeability relationship in tight gas is complex due to interactions between the gas and water phases within the porous media in the reservoir. To clarify the fluid occurrence and the gas–water relative-permeabilit...
The occurrence state of oil, gas, and water plays a crucial role in exploring shale reservoirs. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were used to investigate the occurrence states of these fluids in shale nanopores. The results showed that w...
Shale gas reservoirs generally exhibit characteristics such as low porosity, permeability, and pore throat radius, with high airflow resistance. Currently, hydraulic fracturing is a commonly used method for commercial shale gas extraction; however, t...
Carbon neutrality has become a global common goal. CCUS, as one of the technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, has received widespread attention from academia and industry. After CO2 enters the formation, under the conditions of formation temperat...
Strong heterogeneity, low matrix permeability, and complex oil–water interaction make the fluid flow in carbonate rocks extremely complicated. In this study, we quantitatively characterize and simulate single-phase and multiphase flows with mul...
Emission reduction in the main greenhouse gas, CO2, can be achieved efficiently via CO2 geological storage and utilization (CCUS) methods such as the CO2 enhanced oil/water/gas recovery technique, which is considered to be an important strategic tech...
In carbonate reservoirs, nanoparticles can adhere to rock surfaces, potentially altering the rock wettability and modifying the absolute permeability. In the water-alternating-gas (WAG) process, the introduction of nanoparticles into the water phase,...
To clarify the hydrocarbon-generation potential of deep source rocks in the Qingyang Gas Field, this study focuses on the Shanxi and Taiyuan Formation source rocks at burial depths of 4000–5000 m. Integrated organic geochemical analyses were co...
Supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) has extremely important applications in the extraction of unconventional oil and gas, especially in fracturing and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies. It can not only relieve water resource wastage and environ...
The relative permeability of coal to gas and water exerts a profound influence on fluid transport in coal seams in both primary and enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery processes where multiphase flow occurs. Unsteady-state core-flooding tests in...
Oxidizing stimulation of organic-rich shale reservoirs, as a supplement of hydraulic fracturing, was proposed to enhance shale gas recovery. Previous publications revealed that the interaction between organic-rich shale and oxidative fluids causes th...
The Muji Fault Zone (MJF) in the northeastern Pamir Plateau hosts a well-developed non-volcanic geothermal system, characterized by widespread hot springs and mud volcanoes—where core processes of geothermal fluids, including atmospheric precip...
The multi-cycle high-rate injection and production operations in Underground Gas Storage (UGS) facilities converted from depleted fracture-pore carbonate gas reservoirs induce complex rock–fluid interactions that threaten long-term integrity an...
Research on the multi-field coupling effects in rocks has been ongoing for several decades, encompassing studies on single physical fields as well as two-field (TH, TM, HM) and three-field (THM) couplings. However, the environmental conditions of roc...
The “bauxite gas reservoir” in the Ordos Basin represents a novel exploration domain, yet the mechanisms governing its widespread aluminous fracture fillings remain unclear. This study integrates core observation, thin-section analysis, g...
2D numerical modeling algorithms of multi-component, multi-phase filtration processes of mass transfer in frost-susceptible rocks using nonlinear partial differential equations are a valuable tool for problems of subsurface hydrodynamics considering...
The influence of pore fluid pressure on the normal deformation behaviors of joints is vital for understanding the interaction between hydraulic and mechanical processes of joints. The effect of pore fluid pressure on the normal deformation of a grani...
Oil shale can produce oil and shale gas by heating the oil shale at 300–500 °C. The high temperature and the release of organic matter can change the physical and mechanical properties of rocks and make the originally tight impervious layer...
A comprehensive hydrogeological understanding of the deep Upper Jurassic carbonate aquifer, which represents an important geothermal reservoir in the South German Molasse Basin (SGMB), is crucial for improved and sustainable groundwater resource mana...
The rate-controlled production (RCP) inflow control devices (ICDs) are valves placed in the lower completion of oil and gas wells, capable of autonomously controlling the reservoir inflow. This completion technology self-regulates the inflow of undes...
The geochemical properties of fracturing flowback fluids indirectly indicate the fracturing efficiency of the reservoir, the interaction between the reservoir and injected water, and the preservation of oil and gas, thereby offering robust data suppo...
Low-salinity water-alternating-CO2 (CO2-LSWAG) injection has been widely studied and employed due to its capability to promote enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, there is no consensus on the dominant mechanisms for oil recovery in carbonates due t...
The equilibrium oxygen isotope fractionation factor is widely used in geological thermometry. However, under most natural conditions, the oxygen isotope exchange is rare to reach equilibrium. Especially for the complex water–rock interaction pr...
Field operations report that at least half of the fracturing fluid used in shale reservoirs is trapped. These trapped fluids can trigger various geochemical interactions. However, the impact of these interactions on well performance is still elusive....
The Maronia Cu-Mo ± Re ± Au deposit is spatially related to a microgranite porphyry that intruded an Oligocene monzonite along the Mesozoic Circum-Rhodope belt in Thrace, NE Greece. The magmatic rocks and associated metallic mineralizat...
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas, contributes significantly to global warming and environmental degradation. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is a promising strategy to mitigate atmospheric CO2 levels. One widely applied ut...
Natural hydrogen is known to be generated in the crust by water/rock interactions, especially the oxidation of iron-rich rock or radiolysis. However, other sources, especially deeper ones, exist. In the context of subduction, the dehydration of the s...
Using salt caverns for an underground strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) is considered as an ideal approach due to the excellent characteristics of low porosity, low permeability, self-healing of damage, and strong plastic deformation ability of rock...
Three hydrochemical types of CO2-rich water (i.e., Na-HCO3, Ca-Na-HCO3 and Ca-HCO3) occur together in the silicate bedrock (granite and gneiss) of Gangwon Province in South Korea. As a natural analogue of geological carbon storage (GCS), this can pro...
In this study, sulphate efflorescent minerals covering the surface of the Donnoe and Dachnoe fields of the Mutnovsky volcano are described. The minerals were precipitated on the argillic facies as the result of water–rock interaction and fumaro...
The shale of the lower Cambrian Niutitang formation in northwestern Hunan is an ideal reservoir for shale gas. There is a close connection between borehole stability and drilling fluid in shale gas drilling. Ionic stabilizer is a new type of stratum...
The shale of different potential layers is studied by using rock pyrolysis analysis, total organic carbon determination (TOC), kerogen microscopic component identification, mineral X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and low-temperature...
This article furnishes a brief review of the geochemistry of waters produced during coal bed methane and shale gas exploration. Stable deuterium and oxygen isotopes of produced waters, as well as the stable carbon isotope of dissolved inorganic carbo...
China has abundant shale gas resources with great potential, which may serve as a significant support for the development of a “low-carbon economy”. Domestic shale gas resources are buried deeply and difficult to exploit due to some preva...
To elucidate the geochemical features of produced water in coalbed methane (CBM) wells of the Gujiao Block and their indicative significance for production, systematic testing of ion composition and total dissolved solids (TDS) of produced water from...
This study characterizes the δ37Cl, δ81Br, and 87Sr/86Sr of coal bed methane produced fluids from Pennsylvanian Cherokee Group coals of the Cherokee Basin in southeast Kansas, USA. The δ37Cl, δ81Br, and 87Sr/86Sr values range between −0.81 and +0.68‰...
The dynamic process of water depletion plays a critical role in both surface coalbed methane (CBM) development and underground gas extraction, reshaping water–rock interactions and inducing complex permeability responses. Addressing the limited...
Energy security and the reduction of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are two major crises facing the world today. Using carbon dioxide to develop unconventional oil and gas resources is a positive way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which...
The quantitative identification of water sources is an important prerequisite for objectively evaluating the degree of aquifer interference and predicting the production potential of coalbed methane (CBM) wells. However, this issue has not been solve...
Investigations carried out on 72 fluid samples from 59 sites spread over the area surrounding the Sea of Marmara show that their geochemical and isotopic features are related to different segment settings of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ). We...
The chemical characteristics of Ordovician formation water and its relationship with hydrocarbons in the Halahatang depression (Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin, NW China) were analyzed on the basis of the detailed formation water test data. The formation w...
China hosts abundant coal-rock gas (CRG) resources, which have become a critical unconventional natural gas contributor to national reserve expansion and production increment. Supercritical carbon dioxide (ScCO2) fracturing is recognized as a green a...
Supercritical CO2 (ScCO2) injection has emerged as a promising method to enhance shale gas recovery while simultaneously achieving CO2 sequestration. This research investigates how ScCO2 interacts with water and shale rock, altering the pore structur...
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