Yi Luo1,*, Erxiu Shi2, Yin Feng2, Boyun Guo2, Liehui Zhang1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.121, No.1, pp. 105-122, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.06500
Abstract Development of unconventional tight oil and gas reservoirs such as shale pays presents a huge challenge to the petroleum industry due to the naturally low permeability of shale formations and thus low productivity of oil and gas wells. Shale formations are also vulnerable to the contamination of the water in the drilling and completion fluids, which further reduces reservoir permeability. Although gas-drilling (drilling with gas) has been used to address the issue, several problems such as formation water influx, wellbore collapse, excessive gas volume requirement and hole cleaning in horizontal drilling, still hinder its application.… More >
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