Shale, tight and ultra-tight oil/gas reservoirs have been explored and produced worldwide. Accordingly, they became one of the major contributors to energy supplies. Despite recent progresses, there is still a long way to go for fully understanding mechanisms controlling fluid transport in such reservoirs. The complexity of oil/gas transport in these pore systems is mainly due to the multi-scale pore network structures within organic patches and inorganic matrix along with the mixed wettability nature of the surfaces.

We aim to provide an opportunity for recent developments and applications of unconventional techniques to shales and mudrocks. The potential topics include, but not limited to:

Novel theoretical and computational developments

Digital rock physics

- Single- and multi-phase flow

Decline curve analysis

Non-Darcy flow

Hydraulic fracturing

Upscaling fluid flow

Effects of pore structure and connectivity

Oil/gas recovery

Multiscale and multiresolution modeling

Stress- and scale-dependences of petrophysical quantities

Measurement of flow parameters