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- 1Ghanbari, Ebrahim
- 1Liu, Zhanyuan
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- 1Yousefi, Mohammad
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- 2Dehghanpour, Hassan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Alessi, Daniel (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
- 1Dehghanpour, Hassan (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- 1Leung, Juliana (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Leung, Juliana (School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Muehlenbachs, Karlis (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
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Experimental Tight Rock Characterization and Surfactant Screening for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
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Recently, unconventional resources, especially tight and shale reservoirs, have developed rapidly because of advances in horizontal drilling technologies and hydraulic fracturing technique. Based on the annual energy outlook of the Energy Information Administration, tight oil production in the US...
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Integrating Salinity of Flowback Fluid and Flow Data for Fracture Characterization and Production Forecast in Unconventional Reservoirs
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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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Isotope Geochemistry of Natural Gas from the Horn River Basin: Understanding Gas Origin, Storage and Transport in an Unconventional Shale Play
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Devonian shales of the Horn River Basin, northeast British Columbia are recognized key targets for unconventional shale gas production in Canada. Recent studies show gas isotope geochemistry in several unconventional shale plays worldwide differ from conventional hydrocarbon reservoirs and carbon...
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Numerical Simulation of Shale Gas Production and Fracturing Fluid Distribution: Integration of Apparent Permeability and Secondary Fracture Network Modeling
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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
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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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The sorption characteristics of inorganic and organic compounds found in hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water: Implications for fate and transport
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In recent years, due to increasing energy demands, hydraulic fracturing operations for recovering unconventional hydrocarbon resources has increased. Wastewater recovered is referred to as flowback and produced water (FPW), and is often saline, contains numerous organic and inorganic...
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Spring 2015
Hydraulic fracturing treatment has been increasingly applied to stimulate shale gas reservoirs. During hydraulic fracturing, a large amount of fracturing water is injected into the target formation. However, only a small fraction of injected fluid, typically 10 to 20 %, can be recovered during...