In weakly cemented reservoirs or coal-bed methane reservoirs, the conductivity of hydraulic fractures always declines after a period of production, which greatly influences gas production. In this paper, a comprehensive model considering fine-grained...
Continental shale oil fracturing dynamics are governed by interactions between hydraulic fractures and pre-existing natural fractures. This study establishes a fluid–solid coupling model using globally embedded cohesive elements to simulate fra...
The stimulation method of the marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) reservoir through hydraulic fracturing has been proposed to resolve the problem of the low production capacity in the conventional development method of pressure drawdown. Nevertheless, d...
Addressing the poor performance of existing logging saturation models in low-permeability tight sandstone reservoirs and the challenges in determining model parameters, this study investigates the pore structure and fluid occurrence state of such res...
Currently, a global attention has been paid to the development and exploitation of shallow depth heavy oil reservoirs. Such oilfields are rationally developed via a network of horizontal wells. However, the weakly cemented reservoir rock beds lead to...
The diagenetic environment is vital in controlling reservoir quality by influencing diagenetic processes, especially porosity evolution. The Zhuhai Formation is a critical exploration target in the Huizhou Sag. However, there are considerable differe...
Hydraulic fracturing is widely recognized as a potential stimulation technology for the development of challenging natural gas hydrate. However, the fracturing behavior of non-diagenetic hydrate reservoirs has peculiar characteristics that are differ...
Deeply buried sandstones in the Jurassic, Toutunhe Formation, are a crucial exploration target in the Junggar Basin, NW China, whereas, reservoir-forming process of sandstones in the Toutunhe Formation remain unknown. Focused on the tight sandstone o...
Recently, more and more new oil fields entering commercial production are complicated by the content of high-viscosity products, which are located at relatively shallow depths. For the rational development of such fields, a network of horizontal well...
In this research, a state-of-the-art experimental core flooding setup is used to assess the efficiency of surfactant flooding as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique in tight carbonate rocks. Specifically, we investigate the role of apparent wett...
The tight conglomerate oil reservoir in Xinjiang’s Mahu area is situated on the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin. The reservoir comprises five stacked fan bodies, with the Triassic Baikouquan Formation serving as the primary pay zone. T...
The Middle-Upper Cambrian Xixiangchi Formation in the Sichuan Basin is regarded as an important reservoir with great potential for hydrocarbon exploration. It is previously indicated that the Xixiangchi carbonates have experienced extensive dolomitiz...
Sand production has caused many serious problems in weakly consolidated reservoirs. Therefore, it is very urgent to find out the mechanism for this process. This paper employs a coupled lattice Boltzmann method and discrete element method (LBM-DEM) t...
The Carboniferous Batamayineishan Formation of the Kelameili Gas Field is a specific weathered crust-related volcanic reservoir that has a significant production rate in the Junggar Basin, Northwestern China, attributed to debatable processes of flui...
Natural fractures (NFs) have been recognized as the dominant factors that increase hydraulic fracture complexity and reservoir productivity. However, the interactions between hydraulic and natural fractures are far from being fully understood. In thi...