Browsing Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part B: Subsurface Energy and Carbon Capture by Title
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A Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Flow Patterns’ Prediction Model for Multiphase Flow in CO2-EOR Production Wells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. To address the limitation that existing vertical wellbore flow pattern prediction models are not applicable to CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) production wells in CO2-flooded reservoirs, a detailed flow field ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network–Transformer Neural Network Model for Permeability Prediction in Rock Porous Media
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Permeability is a crucial property indicating the fluid transport capability of rock porous media (RPM). This study introduces ConViT, a novel deep learning model that synergistically integrates vision transformer ... -
A Hybrid Diagnosis Model With Experimental Verification for Composite Faults in Deep-Sea Mud Lifting Pumps
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. In deep-sea oil and gas exploitation, the reliability of mud lifting pumps directly affects the operational safety. However, the coupled operation of multiple pumps may easily induce composite faults such as ... -
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 ... -
A New Method of Injection Control in Non-Homogeneous Multilayer High Water-Bearing Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Layered water injection continues to serve as a critical management technique in optimizing oilfield development, particularly in heterogeneous, multilayered reservoirs with high water content. Traditional ... -
A Novel Numerical Pressure Transient Model of the Multifractured Horizontal Well With Nonuniform Gas Production Profile
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Nonuniform gas production profile has been observed due to reservoir heterogeneity, different fracturing scale, and nonuniform distribution of fractures along horizontal wellbore. Different hydraulic fractures ... -
A Numerical Method for Predicting Liquid Loading of Condensate Gas Wells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Condensate gas wells always experience three phases (gas–water–condensate oil) flow in the wellbore; the interaction between each phase is more complicated, which aggravates the liquid loading and causes severe ... -
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 ... -
A Semi-Analytical Mathematical Model of Off-Center Multi-Stage Fractured Horizontal Well in Circle Bi-Zonal Gas Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Reservoir permeability and stress heterogeneous distribution lead to different hydraulic fracture lengths and angles. Gas reservoirs' heterogeneous characteristics lead that well is not the center of the circle high-permeability ... -
Adhesion and Removal Competitive Mechanism of Condensed Oil in Cold Transportation Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. With the increasing penetration of renewable energy in oilfield power systems, fluctuations in operating temperature render pipeline operation below the critical wall sticking temperature (CWST) increasingly ... -
Alkali-Activated Universal Fluid System for Drilling and Cementing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Achieving complete displacement of water-based drilling fluid during cementing presents a major challenge for zonal isolation, as residual non-setting mud exhibits poor adhesion to cement, often resulting in ... -
Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Injectivity and Dynamic Storage Capacity in Shale Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Carbon dioxide could be stored in unconventional shale reservoirs in a supercritical state due to available pore volume, infrastructure, and injectivity. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the injectivity and ... -
Analysis of Production Decline Type Curves Considering Water Influx in Naturally Fractured Gas Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)In the development of fractured gas reservoirs with edge and bottom water, water invasion is a pervasive issue. However, most production decline analysis models focus on primary depletion with closed boundaries rather than ... -
Analysis of Reservoir Parameters in Relation to Optimal Well Spacing in the Marcellus Shale Formation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Optimizing well spacing is an underutilized solution to low recovery rates in unconventional reservoirs, allowing for higher extraction efficiencies while avoiding complex recovery techniques and added operational ... -
Analytical Forced Imbibition Model Considering Flowrate in Fracture and Oil Droplet Detachment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. The analysis of forced imbibition efficiency has always been a hotspot in various research domains. The difficulty of forced imbibition lies in the nonlinear imbibition equations coupled with the dynamic flows ... -
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 ... -
Deep Learning for Precise Perforation Positioning With Casing Collar Locator Signals in Complex Environments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. The casing collar locator (CCL) is critical for ensuring precise depth correlation during perforating operations. However, in complex downhole environments, CCL signals are susceptible to distortion from various ... -
Deep-Learning Prediction of Flowing Bottomhole Pressure in Gas-Lifted Unconventional Wells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Accurate prediction of flowing bottomhole pressure (FBHP) is essential for the effective design and optimization of gas-lift systems in unconventional wells. Conventional methods for FBHP estimation often prove ...