A5066610538- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Oil and Gas Production Techniques
- Rock Mechanics and Modeling
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Geophysics and Sensor Technology
- Landslides and related hazards
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
University of North Dakota
2018-2024
National Energy Technology Laboratory
2022
Aimed at advancing gas injection enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies in unconventional reservoirs, this study comprised a series of activities to bridge the gap between theoretical and actual field applications. Twenty-four EOR pilot tests were collected from major plays North America evaluate performance different technologies. Fit-for-purpose experiments simulations performed investigate effects rate pressure on performance, as well reveal effectiveness huff "n" puff (HnP) cycles...
Horizontal well drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing have been demonstrated as effective approaches for stimulating oil production in the Bakken tight reservoir. However, after multiple years of production, primary recovery is generally less than 10% estimated original place. Gas huff 'n' puff (HnP) has tested Formation an enhanced (EOR) method; however, most field pilot test results showed no significant incremental production. One factors affecting HnP EOR performance premature gas...
Summary Distributed fiber-optic (FO) strain measurements have become a widely used method for monitoring and diagnosing far-field induced during hydraulic fracturing (HF). However, field observations revealed that the mechanical decoupling between fiber rock often happens. Despite this phenomenon, much of current research assumes cable remains mechanically coupled to formation. To improve accuracy reliability data interpretation, it is essential better understand effect on responses. The...
Although considerable laboratory and modeling activities were performed to investigate the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) mechanisms potential in unconventional reservoirs, only limited research has been reported actual EOR implementations their surveillance fields. Eleven pilot tests that used CO2, rich gas, surfactant, water, etc., have conducted Bakken play since 2008. Gas injection was involved eight of these pilots with huff ‘n’ puff, flooding, injectivity operations. Surveillance data,...
Reservoir simulation for unconventional reservoirs requires proper history matching (HM) to quantify the uncertainties of fracture properties and modeling methods address complex geometry. An integrated method, namely embedded discrete model–artificial intelligence–automatic HM (EDFM–AI–AHM), was used automatically generate solutions a multistage hydraulic fracturing well in Wolfcamp Formation. Thirteen scenarios with different combinations matrix parameters as variables or fixed inputs were...
Improvement in hydrocarbon production from unconventional reservoirs, such as the Bakken Formation, is driven by drilling horizontal wells and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing. The main objective of a frac treatment to create complex fracture geometry increase well/reservoir contact area (i.e. large SRV; stimulated reservoir volume) injecting larger fluid volume high proppant concentration. success relies substantially on selecting appropriate fracturing fluids that transport particles deep...
ABSTRACT: Horizontal well drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing have been widely applied in the Bakken tight oil reservoir to enhance its recovery. However, primary recovery was low due majority of being remained rock matrix. Gas huff-n-puff (HnP), as an enhanced (EOR) method, has wells. fracture interference among wells leads fast pressure decline during gas injection period slow production period. By designing strategies that combine water offset with HnP, HnP can be maintained...