Qing-Pei Sun

Fracture Propagation in Shale and Its Impacts on Shale Gas Production Under Thermal–Fluid–Mechanical Coupling Environments

Shale gas reservoirs can develop extensive fracture networks via hydraulic fracturing. Nevertheless, gas stored in matrix pores remains hard to produce efficiently. Thermal stimulation helps trigger secondary fracture growth inside the matrix and forms multiscale gas-water flow channels to improve reservoir productivit...