MR13C:
Physics of Fluids in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks II

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Session ID#: 34655

Session Description:
Unconventional oil and gas reservoirs have received a great amount of attention. A better understanding of the physics of fluids in these reservoir rocks is critical for improving the efficiency of these energy systems while reducing environmental impact. Due to the complexity of nano- and micro-scale structures of unconventional rocks and the stronger interactions of fluids with the confining walls, conventional approaches are typically not applicable to fluid flow in tight and low-permeability porous reservoir rocks. Therefore, accurate characterization of rocks with nano to micro-scale pores is challenging and of grand importance. This session aims to address: a) new and modern methods and techniques for rock characterization and reconstruction, b) understanding mechanisms, such as slip flow, Knudsen diffusion, involved in flow and transport through tight and ultra-tight porous media including nano- to micro-scale pores, and c) recent theoretical and numerical models to upscale fluid flow and production in unconventional rocks.
Primary Convener:  Jianchao Cai, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
Conveners:  Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, United States and Qinjun Kang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States
Chairs:  Jianchao Cai, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China, Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, United States, Hui-Hai Liu, Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Edmund Perfect, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Weitao Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • NG - Nonlinear Geophysics
Index Terms:

1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]
4440 Fractals and multifractals [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
5112 Microstructure [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Complex Contact Angles Calculated from Capillary Rise Measurements on Rock Fracture Faces (213260)
Edmund Perfect1, Christopher Hallett Gates1, Jared William Brabazon1, Louis Joseph Santodonato2, Indu Dhiman2, Hassina Bilheux2, Jean-Christophe Bilheux2 and Bradley S. Lokitz2, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Unconventional Liquid Flow in Low-Permeability Media: Theory and Revisiting Darcy’s Law (Invited) (224533)
Hui-Hai Liu, Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Jinhong Chen, Aramco Research Center, Houston, United States
Identification of the importance of porous media heterogeneity and anisotropy on the permeability of ultra-tight gas reservoirs (238730)
Lefki Germanou1, Lei Wu2 and Yonghao Zhang2, (1)University of Strathclyde, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Glasgow, G4, United Kingdom, (2)University of Strathclyde, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Enhanced Recovery in Tight Gas Reservoirs using Maxwell-Stefan Equations (275363)
Carla Jordana Sena Santiago, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada and Apostolos Kantzas, University of Calgary, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada

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