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A Combined Membrane Filtration - Aeration Approach for the Treatment of Hydraulic Fracturing - Flowback and Produced Water from the Duvernay Formation
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Membrane filtration technologies have been successfully applied for the treatment of many types of wastewater. In hydraulic fracturing operations, membrane processes can be applied as a cost-effective way of removing unwanted substances from flowback and produced water (FPW) and promoting its...
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Fall 2015
This work is devoted to the CFD analysis of multiphase flow using Euler-Euler model. In particular, Euler-Euler multiphase model is applied to study numerically the behaviour of gas-solid system and solid-liquid system. The main objective of this work is to validate Euler-Euler multiphase model...
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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 2018
Microseismic events are often recorded during hydraulic fracturing stimulations of unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs like tight sands and shales, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, mine development and carbon dioxide sequestration. Most applications involve locating and tracking these events over...
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Fall 2021
The spatiotemporal distribution of hydraulic fracturing-induced microseismicity is complicated and depends on various mechanical and diffusional parameters. Hydraulic fracture modeling can aid in understanding fluid-induced microseismicity. Nevertheless, the interaction of several physical...
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Numerical Investigation of Water Loss Mechanisms During Hydraulic Fracturing Flow-Back Operation in Tight Oil Reservoirs
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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
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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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Residents’ perception of hydraulic fracturing and their engagement in hydraulic fracturing in Lethbridge, Fox Creek, and Rosebud, Alberta, Canada
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Alberta has been dependent upon oil and gas extraction for over a hundred years, resulting in a particular set of political-economic conditions. Up to date, 93 percent of all the conventional oil in Alberta has been extracted. Therefore, to maintain resource rents, unconventional sources of oil...