A New Material Balance Methodology for Quintuple Porosity Shale Gas and Shale Condensate Reservoirs

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dc.contributor.advisorAguilera, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorOrozco Ibarra, Daniel Ricardo
dc.contributor.committeememberChen, Zhangxing (John)
dc.contributor.committeememberKantzas, Apostolos
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-02T21:52:26Z
dc.date.available2016-09-02T21:52:26Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractA recent petrophysical formulation states that all the storage mechanisms present in shale reservoirs are best represented by a quintuple porosity system that is further fed by dissolved gas in the solid kerogen. The quintuple porosity system is made up of: 1) adsorbed gas in the pore walls of the organic matter, 2) free gas stored in the inorganic matrix porosity, 3) free gas stored in natural fractures (microfractures and slot porosity), 4) free gas stored in the hydraulic fractures created around the wellbore by the stimulation job, and 5) free gas stored in the organic nanopores. This thesis presents a new material balance methodology for shale gas and shale condensate reservoirs that considers all the aforementioned storage mechanisms. Results lead to the conclusion that ignoring the effects of gas diffusion from kerogen in shale material balance calculations can lead to pessimistic estimates of both OGIP and production forecasts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOrozco Ibarra, D. R. (2016). A New Material Balance Methodology for Quintuple Porosity Shale Gas and Shale Condensate Reservoirs (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24868en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24868
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3258
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.classificationShale gas reservoirsen_US
dc.subject.classificationShale condensate reservoirsen_US
dc.subject.classificationMaterial balanceen_US
dc.subject.classificationGas diffusionen_US
dc.subject.classificationQuintuple porosityen_US
dc.titleA New Material Balance Methodology for Quintuple Porosity Shale Gas and Shale Condensate Reservoirs
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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