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Experimental Tight Rock Characterization and Surfactant Screening for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
DownloadSpring 2023
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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Fall 2017
Advances in the development of unconventional resources have led to a surge in North American oil production. For example, tight oil production has pushed the U.S. crude supply to over 9% of world total production. Therefore, petrophysical characterization of such low-permeability rocks, has...