MR004
Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Physics of Unconventional and Tight Formations: Characterization, Transport, Reactions, Geomechanics, and Scale Translation I

Monday, 14 December 2020: 10:00-11:00
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Saman A Aryana, University of Wyoming, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States
Conveners:  Anthony R Kovscek, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States, Greeshma Gadikota, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States and Pania Newell, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Saman A Aryana, The University of Wyoming, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States
Chairs:  Pania Newell, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Saman A Aryana, The University of Wyoming, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Anthony R Kovscek, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
10:00
MR004-01
A Multiscale Study of Sorption and Mass Transfer in Shale using Helium and Argon (Invited) (773448)
Kristian Jessen, Theodore T. Tsotsis and Ye Lyu, University of Southern California, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Los Angeles, CA, United States
10:04
MR004-02
Quantitative Characterization and Analysis of Natural Fractures to Revitalize Production from the Unconventional Cane Creek Formation of the Paradox Basin (Invited) (760958)
Brian J O L McPherson1, Michael D Vanden Berg2, Richard Esser3, Elliott Jagniecki4, David Handwerger5, Nathan Moodie6, Duane Winkler5, John David McLennan7, Wei Jia8 and Pania Newell9, (1)Univ Utah, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Utah Geological Survay, Salt Lake City, United States, (3)The University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (4)Utah Geological Survey, Energy and Minerals, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (5)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States, (6)University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (7)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (8)The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (9)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
10:08
MR004-03
Upscaling Reactive Transport in Fractured Shales by Deep Learning (684217)
Ziyan Wang and Ilenia Battiato, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
10:12
MR004-04
Porosity-permeability changes induced by varying pore pressure and confining pressure in unconventional formations: analysis of core-scale hydro-mechanical data and simulations (687923)
Zhidi Wu, University of Utah, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Wei Jia, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Ting Xiao, University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Brian J O L McPherson, Univ Utah, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
10:16
MR004-05
Coupled Confined Phase Behavior and Transport of Methane in Nano-sized Slits (664744)
Yuhang Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States and Saman A Aryana, The University of Wyoming, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States
10:20
MR004-06
Effect of fluid uptake on the micro and meso-pores of shale rocks at different pH (713237)
Bryan Xavier Medina Rodriguez1, Vladimir Alvarado1, Laura Froute2 and Anthony R Kovscek2, (1)University of Wyoming, Chemical Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
10:24
MR004-07
Effects of supercritical CO2 on matrix permeability of unconventional formations (738147)
Arash Kamali Asl, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Mark D Zoback, Stanford Univ, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States and Arjun H Kohli, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
10:28
MR004-08
Investigation of water imbibition and fracture formation in tight sandstones usingX‐ray computed tomography (761935)
Marta Miletic and Randy Garcia, San Diego State University, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego, CA, United States
10:32
Discussion
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