Geofluids

Multiscale and Multiphysical Approaches to Fluids Flow in Unconventional Reservoirs


Publishing date
01 Dec 2020
Status
Closed
Submission deadline
17 Jul 2020

Lead Editor

1China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

3China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China

4Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

5Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

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Multiscale and Multiphysical Approaches to Fluids Flow in Unconventional Reservoirs

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Description

In recent years, unconventional oil and gas reservoirs have attracted great attentions due to their unique properties. Compared to conventional reservoirs, these unconventional systems have low permeability (including a large number of nanopores) and consist of inter-particle pore networks with very poor connectivity. The fractured system is comprised of a hierarchical network of nanopores, cracks and micro-fractures, which form multiscale fracture network-pore dual media. Its complex microstructures make it difficult to characterize the flow of oil and gas flow by traditional approaches. Therefore, new multiscale and multiphysical methods are being continuously developed to characterize low permeability and fractured reservoirs and to describe flow and transport mechanisms.

This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in various subjects addressing new multiscale and multiphysical approaches to fluids flow in porous media, especially for unconventional oil and gas systems. We invite investigators to contribute both original research articles and review articles that will explore as many aspects as possible in the modeling and characterization of low permeability and fractured reservoirs.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Multiphase flow
  • Multiscale and multiphysical modelling
  • Fracture characterization and hydraulic fracturing
  • Enrichment and migration mechanisms in nanopores
  • Pore-scale modelling
  • Scale and capillary effects
  • Gas adsorption and desorption
  • Interface and surface effects
  • Petrophysical properties

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8830831
  • - Research Article

Apparent Permeability Prediction of Coal Matrix with Generalized Lattice Boltzmann Model considering Non-Darcy Effect

Zhigao Peng | Shenggui Liu | ... | Qi Yao
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8866486
  • - Research Article

Representative Elementary Volume of Rock Using X-Ray Microcomputed Tomography: A New Statistical Approach

Taufiq Rahman | Hamed Lamei Ramandi | ... | Stefan Iglauer
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8837897
  • - Research Article

Experiments and Modeling on the Influence of Interfacial Tension on Imbibition Height of Low-Permeability Reservoir

Xiaoxia Ren | Aifen Li | ... | Bingqing He
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 6213183
  • - Research Article

A New Upscaling Method for Fluid Flow Simulation in Highly Heterogeneous Unconventional Reservoirs

Qi Zhang | Huibin Yu | ... | Junfeng Hu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8856620
  • - Research Article

Multiple Approaches to Quantifying the Effective Porosity of Lacustrine Shale Oil Reservoirs in Bohai Bay Basin, East China

Binyu Ma | Qinhong Hu | ... | Mianmo Meng
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8845292
  • - Research Article

Multifractal Analysis of Acoustic Emissions during Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments under Uniaxial Loading Conditions: A Niutitang Shale Example

Jingqiang Tan | Jun Xie | ... | Zhengguang Zhao
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 7364734
  • - Research Article

Transient Flow Theory of Multiple-Fractured Horizontal Wells with Complex Mechanisms in Shale Gas Reservoirs

Dianfa Du | Genkai Zhang | ... | Bin Zhang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 4890758
  • - Research Article

Investigating the Influences of Pore-Scale Characteristics on Tight Oil Migration by a Two-Phase Pore Network Model

Jianhui Zeng | Yongchao Zhang | ... | Zhe Cao
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 6934691
  • - Research Article

Pore Structure Fractal Characterization and Permeability Simulation of Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoir Based on CT Images

Hang Bian | Yuxuan Xia | ... | Hongfeng Lu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8880286
  • - Research Article

Maximum Sizes of Fluid-Occupied Pores within Hydrate-Bearing Porous Media Composed of Different Host Particles

Lele Liu | Nengyou Wu | ... | Jianye Sun
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