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Theses and Dissertations
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Items in this Collection
- 7Hydraulic fracturing
- 3Flowback
- 2Numerical simulation
- 1Alberta Canada
- 1Apparent permeability
- 1CMG STARS
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- 1Chalaturnyk, Rick (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Dehghanpour, Hassan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Leung, Juliana (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Leung, Juliana (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Fall 2015
In the province of Alberta a huge amount of energy is needed for diverse applications. Specifically, the demand for heat is limited to a few locations such as the oil sands operation regions and metropolitan areas. Oil sands processing facilities near Fort McMurray and direct heat provision for...
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Spring 2024
Hydraulic fracturing plays an essential role in producing unconventional hydrocarbon resources. The success of hydraulic fracturing operations and the performance of developing unconventional hydrocarbon resources strongly depend on the distribution of proppants in the induced fractures....
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Integrating Salinity of Flowback Fluid and Flow Data for Fracture Characterization and Production Forecast in Unconventional Reservoirs
DownloadSpring 2024
The complexity inherent in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas reservoirs demands sophisticated analytical tools for optimal performance and sustainability. The research presented in this study adopts a multi-faceted approach that synergistically combines flow-geochemical models for fracture...
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Numerical Investigation of Water Loss Mechanisms During Hydraulic Fracturing Flow-Back Operation in Tight Oil Reservoirs
DownloadSpring 2016
Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing is widely applied in tight reservoir exploitation. Production is enhanced significantly if hydraulic fractures can connect to regions with enhanced permeability due to the presence of micro (and induced) fractures. However, less than 50% of fracturing fluids are...
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Numerical Simulation of Shale Gas Production and Fracturing Fluid Distribution: Integration of Apparent Permeability and Secondary Fracture Network Modeling
DownloadFall 2019
Complex flow mechanisms are encountered in shale matrix due to the presence of nanopores. Numerous apparent permeability models have been proposed to capture the ensuing non-Darcy flow behavior. However, these models are not readily available in most commercial reservoir simulators, and ignoring...
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Quantifying Matrix and Fracturing Water Contributions to the Total Produced Water Based on the Water-flowback Responses
DownloadFall 2023
The main goal of this thesis is to evaluate the possibility of quantifying matrix and fracturing water contributions to the total produced water based on the water-flowback responses without analyzing water chemical data. We analyze flowback production data of 380 multi-fractured horizontal oil...
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Secondary Interaction of Fracturing Fluid and Shale Plays: A Reservoir Geomechanics Approach
DownloadSpring 2022
During hydraulic fracturing in unconventional tight formations a high percentage of the injected fluid may remain in the formation and only a small portion of the fracturing fluid is typically recovered. Although spontaneous imbibition is mainly introduced as the main dominating mechanism, a...