With recent developments in data acquisition and storage techniques, there exists huge amount of available data for data-driven decision making in the Oil & Gas industry. This study explores an application of using Big Data Analytics to establish the…
With recent developments in data acquisition and storage techniques, there exists huge amount of available data for data-driven decision making in the Oil & Gas industry. This study explores an application of using Big Data Analytics to establish the…
With recent developments in data acquisition and storage techniques, there exists huge amount of available data for data-driven decision making in the Oil & Gas industry. This study explores an application of using Big Data Analytics to establish the…
Shale hydrocarbon production has become an increasingly important part of global oil and gas supply during the past decade. The life of projects in unconventional plays, such as shale oil and gas, tight oil and gas, coal bed methane etc., heavily…
Shale hydrocarbon production has become an increasingly important part of global oil and gas supply during the past decade. The life of projects in unconventional plays, such as shale oil and gas, tight oil and gas, coal bed methane etc., heavily…
In recent years, big data and relevant analytics technologies have become increasingly popular in E&P industry. Numerous tools and techniques such as Hadoop, HBase, Hive and Mahout have been created to store, administrate and analyze big data with a…
With recent developments in data acquisition and storage techniques, there exists huge amount of available data for data-driven decision making in the Oil & Gas industry. This study explores an application of using Big Data Analytics to establish the…
This paper proposes a novel approach based on deep learning to improve oil reservoirs' history matching problem. Deep autoencoders are widely used to solve the oil industry problems. However, as the input data increases, the autoencoder parameters…
For the transportation pipeline with the diameter 1.219 m and the internal pressure 3-12 MPa, the leakage and diffusion of the natural gas of the pipeline in the soil was studied by numerical simulation. First, the finite model containing both…
Efficient cleanup of viscous crude oil spill is a worldwide challenge due to its sluggish flowability at room temperature. Conventional oil remediation methods using physical absorbers, skimmers, and vacuum technologies either demonstrate low…
This study proposes the application of basalt powder (BP) as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in cement formulations for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) wells. From experimental results, we identified that the BP can be characterized as a…
The effects of operating pressure and ground stress on the seepage parameters (permeability and porosity) of surrounding rock and stability and tightness of salt cavern have been investigated, and a method is proposed for safe operating pressure…
The onshore Cretaceous Zululand Basin of South Africa was investigated for CO2 storage potential using NZA, ZA, ZB, and ZC boreholes drilled by Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa in the 1960s for hydrocarbon exploration. Basin fill…
The depleted shale reservoirs have shown promising potentials for permanent geological CO2 storage (GCS) either as a caprock or as reservoir storage units. In this study, we experimentally investigated the impact of localized biogeomechanical process…
Rational construction of multidimensional composites with abundant heterointerfaces is still a persistent challenge, especially dual interface structure. Herein, a facile interface engineering strategy has been put forward to construct…
Energy storage materials are researchers interest in recent times due to latest innovations in transportation, communication and electronics. Li-ion batteries, supercapacitors and hydrogen storage systems are the three primary energy storage systems…
Abstract: Mineral trapping (MT)is the most secure method of sequestering carbon for geologically significant periods of time. The processes behind MT fundamentally occur at the pore scale, therefore understanding which factors control MT at this…
Rational design and sustainable preparation of high-performance carbonaceous electrode materials are important to the practical application of supercapacitors. In this work, a cost-effective synthesis strategy for nitrogen and oxygen co-doped porous…
CO2-formation water-rock geochemical reactions can occur, affecting the reservoir physical properties and CO2 trapping forms during the CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) process. In this paper, based on the properties of the reservoir and fluids in…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) geological storage (CGS) is an effective way for reducing greenhouse emissions. The injection of CO2 into the deep formation changes the pore pressure and effective stresses in the reservoir, thus leading to changes in…
Porous silicon (Si)/carbon nanocomposites have been extensively explored as a promising anode material for high-energy lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs). However, shrinking of the pores and sintering of Si in the nanoporous structure during…
Geological storage of CO2 in saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas reservoirs can help mitigate CO2 emissions. However, CO2 leakage over a long storage period represents a potential concern. Therefore, it is critical to establish a good…
Marineterrestrial transitional Permian shales occur throughout South China and have suitable geological and geochemical conditions for shale gas accumulation. However, the Permian shales have not made commercial exploitation, which causes uncertainly…
Evaluating any subsurface CO2 storage site comprises the reservoir, seal, and overburden investigation to mitigate injection and storage-related complications. The Upper-Middle Jurassic Sognefjord, Fensfjord, and Krossfjord formation sandstones are…
Reservoir thermal energy storage ("RTES") in high porosity and high permeability sedimentary settings offers the potential for large-scale and long-term heat energy storage for future any-time electricity production. Solar-generated thermal energy or…
Recent progress in the synthesis of carbon materials from biomass and coal/heavy oil waste and their use as the electrode materials of supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries is reviewed. The carbon precursors include seafood and agricultural waste, and…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration for sustainable enhanced oil recovery and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, still faces various challenges. The process performance can improve via injection of nanoparticles into CO2 (NPs-CO2). However, the…
To investigate the mechanism of local porosity modification in a carbonate reservoir caused by the acidic components associated with natural gas generation, a numerical model for the charging of natural gas rich in acidic components (CO2) was…
The porosity of adsorption column was changed due to the swing motion of the boat for the offshore natural gas production. To study the effect of adsorption column porosity on adsorption purification, an adsorption experimental apparatus was built. A…
In the process of heavy oil development, steam stimulation is usually used. In steam stimulation, the oil field is produced by depleted development after the end of shut in well. The magnitude of reservoir compressive coefficient is significant for…
This paper presents a detailed study of the SAGD dilation start-up technology, including the fundamental mechanism, numerical model, field operations, and well performance in PetroChina's Karamay "super" heavy-oil reservoir. Rock dilation refers to a…
The Ordos Basin is abundant in natural gas resources, and the Shanxi Formation with the transitional facies is considered as a potential stratum for shale gas reservoir. However, the origin and geochemical characteristics of the Shanxi Formation…
The petrophysical evaluation of the Titas gas field (Titas-15) has been carried out for its reservoir characterization and to quantify the reservoir hydrocarbon prospects and gas productivity. The Quick Log Analysis Tool (QLAT) of PE2 Essentials…
The Keshen gas field is located in the central part of Kuqa depression in Tarim Basin, and is another large gas field discovered after Kela2 gas field. Since the breakthrough in 2008, a number of large and medium scale gas reservoirs including…
In recent years, major breakthroughs have been made in natural gas exploration in deep and ultra-deep strata in the Sichuan Basin, but the overall successful rate is low. To further clarify the prospects there, it is necessary to make an in-depth…
The Sinian Dengying Formation gas reservoir in the Anyue Gas Field of the Sichuan Basin is an ultra-deep ancient dolomite karst gas reservoir, whose development is of high difficulty, for the reservoir is thin and scattered with strong heterogeneity…
The Upper Cretaceous Waha Formation is the prime hydrocarbon reservoir in the RG Field in the central Sirte Basin, Libya. The porosity and permeability of the Waha carbonate reservoir vary widely from 5 to 20 % and 0.01 to 2000 md, respectively,…
Carbonate reservoirs represent a steadily growing part of sedimentary formations targeted for oil and gas exploration worldwide. It is currently evaluated that over 50% of the remaining conventional hydrocarbon reserves are in carbonate formations.…
When developing a high CO2 field, oil and gas companies must consider the best and most economical carbon capture and storage (CCS) plan. After considering the distance of the storage site and storage capacity, PETRONAS has identified 2 carbonate…
The Permo-Carboniferous sandstones in the Gubei area, Bohai Bay Basin, are reservoirs for large accumulations of natural gas. The natural gas accumulations only occur in the sandstone beds thicker than 1.9 m. Moreover, the maximum porosity of every…
In the calculation of oil reserves of paleo oil reservoirs, the area of paleo oil reservoirs is generally determined according to the distribution area of asphalt or according to the area of paleo traps. These methods have limitations. In view of the…
It is crucial to determine the sequence of reservoir tightening and hydrocarbon accumulation for analyzing the accumulation dynamics, oil migration mode, and oil distribution pattern of tight oil reservoirs. The tight sandstone reservoirs in the Fuyu…
The accurate quantification of the secondary porosity portion and the characterization of the macro-porous features seem achievable only through extensive logging services and lengthy coring campaigns. Traditional logging measurements have…
Porosity is an important property of source rocks with implications on petroleum storage and expulsion. The evolution of porosity over geologic time-scales is controlled by coupled processes such as compaction, geothermal heating, kerogen kinetics,…
The accurate quantification of the secondary porosity portion and the characterization of the macro-porous features seem achievable only through extensive logging services and lengthy coring campaigns. Traditional logging measurements have…
In the Ordos Basin, multiple sets of coal seams, organic-rich shale, and limestone are well developed in the Permian Taiyuan Formation, which are favorable targets for collaborative exploration of various types of unconventional natural gas…
In the Ordos Basin, multiple sets of coal seams, organic-rich shale, and limestone are well developed in the Permian Taiyuan Formation, which are favorable targets for collaborative exploration of various types of unconventional natural gas…
Hypothesis The macroscopic movement of subsurface fluids involved in CO2 storage, groundwater, and petroleum engineering applications is controlled by interfacial forces in the pores of rocks. Recent advances in modelling these systems has arisen…
Porosity is one of the main parameters that should be considered when a gas or an oil field is assessed. Hence, the availability of porosity is crucial in any rock and formation analysis. However, this parameter is not always available and direct…