Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (x, 484 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-108-65311-1 , 1-108-65814-8

Content: Since the beginning of the US shale gas revolution in 2005, the development of unconventional oil and gas resources has gathered tremendous pace around the world. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key geologic, geophysical, and engineering principles that govern the development of unconventional reservoirs. The book begins with a detailed characterization of unconventional reservoir rocks: their composition and microstructure, mechanical properties, and the processes controlling fault slip and fluid flow. A discussion of geomechanical principles follows, including the state of stress, pore pressure, and the importance of fractures and faults. After reviewing the fundamentals of horizontal drilling, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, and stimulation of slip on pre-existing faults, the key factors impacting hydrocarbon production are explored. The final chapters cover environmental impacts and how to mitigate hazards associated with induced seismicity. This text provides an essential overview for students, researchers, and industry professionals interested in unconventional reservoirs.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jun 2019). , Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Physical Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs -- 1 Introduction -- Unconventional Resources -- Types of Unconventional Reservoirs -- Recovery Factors and Production Rates -- Horizontal Drilling and Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing -- 2 Composition, Fabric, Elastic Properties and Anisotropy -- Composition and Fabric -- Elastic Properties -- Elastic Anisotropy -- Poroelasticity -- Estimating Elastic Properties from Geophysical Data -- 3 Strength and Ductility -- Rock Strength -- Time-Dependent Deformation (Creep) -- Stress and Strain Partitioning -- Modeling Time-Dependent Deformation -- Estimating In Situ Differential Stress from Viscoelastic Properties -- Brittleness and Stress Magnitudes -- 4 Frictional Properties -- Fault Strength and Stress Magnitudes -- Rock Friction -- Frictional Strength and Stability -- Implications for Induced Shear Slip during Hydraulic Stimulation -- 5 Pore Networks and Pore Fluids -- Matrix Porosity -- Matrix Pore Networks -- In Situ Pore Fluids -- 6 Flow and Sorption -- Matrix Flow -- Permeability -- Sorption -- 7 Stress, Pore Pressure, Fractures and Faults -- State of Stress in US Unconventional Reservoirs -- Measuring Stress Orientation and Magnitude -- Pore Pressure in Unconventional Reservoirs -- Fractures and Faults in Unconventional Reservoirs -- Utilizing 3D Seismic Data to Map Fault zones and Fractures -- Part II Stimulating Production from Unconventional Reservoirs -- 8 Horizontal Drilling and Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing -- Horizontal Drilling -- Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing -- Fracturing Fluids and Proppants -- 9 Reservoir Seismology -- Microseismic Monitoring during Reservoir Stimulation -- Seismic Wave Radiation -- Earthquake Source Parameters and Scaling Relationships -- Earthquake Statistics. , Locating Microearthquakes -- 10 Induced Shear Slip during Hydraulic Fracturing -- Shear Stimulation and Production -- Coulomb Faulting and Slip on Poorly Oriented Fracture and Fault Planes -- Shear Slip and Permeability -- 11 Geomechanics and Stimulation Optimization -- Landing Zones -- Optimizing Completions I: Field Tests and Reservoir Simulation -- Vertical Hydraulic Fracture Growth -- Optimizing Completions II: Reservoir Simulation and 3D Geomechanics -- Viscoplastic Stress Relaxation and Varying Stress Magnitudes with Depth -- Targeting Geomechanical Sweet Spots: Fractures, Faults and Pore Pressure -- 12 Production and Depletion -- Production Decline Curves and One-Dimensional Flow -- Using Microseismicity to Estimate Total Fracture Area -- Evolution of a Shear Fracture Network -- Matrix Damage and Permeability Enhancement -- Seismic and Aseismic Fault Slip -- Depletion of Ultra-Low Permeability Formations with High Permeability Fractures -- The Frac Hit Phenomenon and Well-to-Well Communication -- Modeling Poroelastic Stress Changes -- Part III Environmental Impacts and Induced Seismicity -- 13 Environmental Impacts and Induced Seismicity -- Overview of Environmental Issues -- Induced Seismicity -- 14 Managing the Risk of Injection-Induced Seismicity -- Avoiding Injection Near Potentially Active Faults -- Estimation of Fault Slip Potential in the Permian and Fort Worth Basins -- Risk Management and Traffic Light Systems -- Utilizing Seismogenic Index Models to Manage Produced Water Injection -- Site Characterization Risk Frameworks -- References -- Index.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-107-08707-4

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-316-09186-4

Language: English

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091869