Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part B: Subsurface Energy and Carbon Capture: Recent submissions
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Study on the Carbonization Behavior of Petroleum-Based Mesophase Prepared by In-Process Hydrogenation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)As an excellent precursor of high-modulus carbon materials, petroleum mesophase pitches' spinning performance was limited by its high softening point. Under the premise of ensuring the order degree of mesophase microcrystalline ... -
Wellhead Corrosion Mechanism and Optimization Under Alternating Injection Condition of Liquid CO2 and Fracturing Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)With the continuous exploitation of conventional oil and gas resources, their recoverable reserves are decreasing day by day. Unconventional oil and gas resources have attracted much attention, and CO2-enhanced fracturing ... -
Experimental Investigation on Fracture Propagation in Heat-Treated Granite Samples During True Triaxial Temporary Plugging and Diversion Fracturing
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Experimental Study of Sand Wear and Performance Deterioration of Mixed-Type Electrical Submersible Pumps
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) are widely used in the oil and gas industry to provide external energy to producing wells when the natural drive of the reservoir is insufficient. However, ESPs are susceptible to the ... -
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Thermal Decomposition Solvents for TOAHCl1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)In the pursuit of optimizing the reaction–extraction–crystallization-coupled mineralization process for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology, this study presents a pioneering investigation into the ... -
In Situ Analysis of Flow and Morphology Properties at the Pore Scale During CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) is an essential technique to improve oil recovery while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the pore-scale flow dynamics and morphological characteristics during the ... -
Induced Stress Interference of Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Multistage fracturing in horizontal wells has been widely applied in shale reservoirs over the past decades, contributing to substantial productivity gains through the generation of a complex fracture network. The optimal ... -
Numerical Simulation Study on CO2 Flooding in Microscopic Heterogeneous Porous Media
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)It is crucial to further investigate the microscopic flow mechanism associated with CO2 miscible and immiscible flooding, reveal microscopic displacement characteristics with different heterogeneities, and determine the ... -
Mechanical Behavior of Casing–Cement Interface Debonding Failure and Safety Verification Analysis Based on Peridynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Frequent occurrences of wellhead sinking highlight the inadequacy of cement's supporting force for the casing, which results in the debonding of the casing–cement interface. The interface debonding leads to the failure of ... -
A Deep-Learning-Based LSTM Approach for Multiphase Rate Transient Analysis in Tight and Ultratight Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This paper developed a long short-term memory (LSTM)-based deep learning for rate transient analysis in tight and ultratight (shale) reservoirs and proposed a workflow to quantitatively evaluate fracture parameters. The ... -
Study on Shale Oil Heating Development Based on Embedded Discrete Fracture Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Heating development has become the main development mode of medium- to low-maturity shale oil. In this study, the thermodynamic mathematical models of flow and heating development of organic matter, inorganic matter, ... -
A New Five-step Method for Advanced Evaluation of Shale Gas Formations and a Field Case Study of Marcellus Shale
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This paper presents a new five-step method to evaluate shale gas formations with intricate pore networks. The method overcomes challenges posed by traditional workflows through an improved workflow and a new unconventional ... -
Transforming Oil Well Drilling: Prediction of Real-Time Rate of Penetration With Novel Machine Learning Approach in Varied Lithological Formations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The rate of penetration (ROP) is crucial for efficient and cost-effective oil well drilling. This study introduces a novel prediction method for the rate of penetration that pioneers the use of different types of drill ... -
Impact of Production Strategy on Production Forecasting, Energy Demand, and Carbon Emissions: Typical Case Study of the Brazilian Presalt
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This study evaluates how the production strategy influences the main decision-making indicators in the development of the production of a Brazilian presalt field, considering reservoir and production system models integrated ... -
Simulation of Rock-Breaking Ability of Polycrystalline Diamond Compact Cutter Based on Rock Mechanics Experiment After Heat Treatment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)When drilling in geothermal and deep formations, the rock-breaking mechanism of high-temperature formations is not clear. In this work, mechanical tests of rocks subjected to high temperatures were carried out, and ... -
A Prediction Method of Oil Recovery for Hot Water Chemical Flooding in Heavy Oil Reservoirs: Semi-Analytical Stream Tube Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Chemical agents (polymer and surfactant) assisted hot water flooding is an effective means of enhancing oil recovery in heterogeneous and heavy oil reservoirs. The rapid prediction of oil recovery through hot water chemical ... -
Comprehensive Evaluation of Microscopic Movability and Macroscopic Productivity of Continental Shale Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Continental shale oil is diversified, differentiated, and complex. It has disadvantages such as low production and inferior development benefits. Given this, the movability and productivity of shale oil were proposed in ... -
Effects of Fines Migration and Reservoir Heterogeneity on Well Productivity: Analytical Model and Field Cases
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Formation damage due to fines migration after water breakthrough during oil and gas production results in significant well productivity decline. A recent study derived an analytical model for fines migration during commingled ... -
Research for the Enhanced Oil Recovery Mechanism of Heavy Oil After Composite Huff and Puff Assisted by Edge-Bottom Water Displacement
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In the late stage of exploiting heavy oil reservoirs with edge-bottom water, we are faced with problems such as high crude oil viscosity, channeling of bottom water, and rapid rise in water cut. To clarify the synergistic ... -
Optimization of Injection-Production Relationship of Offshore Unconsolidated Sandstone Reservoirs Based on Inter-Well Connectivity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The dynamic heterogeneity of the water drive sandstone reservoir in high water cut stage is strong, which leads to the differential enrichment and distribution of the remaining oil. The adjustment of the injection-production ...