| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Motivation | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Shale Gas Reservoir Development | 第11-13页 |
| 1.4 Methodology | 第13页 |
| 1.5 Research Objectives | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-36页 |
| 2.1 Analytical Models for Hydraulic Fracture Reservoir | 第14-19页 |
| 2.2 Single Porosity Model | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Dual-Porosity Model | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Dual Permeability Model | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Experimental Studies on Stress Dependent Permeability | 第22-23页 |
| 2.4 Gas Storage Mechanism | 第23-24页 |
| 2.5 Gas Transport Mechanism | 第24-28页 |
| 2.6 Gas Adsorption/Desorption Model | 第28-31页 |
| 2.7 Determination of Transport Mechanism of Shale Gas in Matrix Pores | 第31-36页 |
| 2.7.1 The Range of Kn in Shale Gas Matrix Pores | 第31-32页 |
| 2.7.2 Gas Flow Regime in Shale Gas Matrix Pores | 第32-33页 |
| 2.7.3 Darcy Flow Model | 第33页 |
| 2.7.4 Slip Flow Model | 第33页 |
| 2.7.5 Knudsen flow model | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Engineering Design and Analysis | 第36-56页 |
| 3.1 Trilinear Flow Model Assumptions | 第36-50页 |
| 3.1.1 Dual-Porosity Parameters | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.2 Dimensionless Variables | 第38-39页 |
| 3.1.3 Mathematical Model | 第39页 |
| 3.1.4 Outer Reservoir Solution | 第39-40页 |
| 3.1.5 Inner Reservoir Solution | 第40页 |
| 3.1.6 Hydraulic Fracture Solution | 第40-41页 |
| 3.1.7 Wellbore Pressure Solution (Productivity Evaluation of Shale Gas Reservoirs) | 第41-42页 |
| 3.1.8 Implementation Analytical Models | 第42页 |
| 3.1.9 Comparing the Base Case of CMG to the Analytical Model | 第42-43页 |
| 3.1.10 Sensitivity Analysis for Synthetic Unconventional Multiple Fracture | 第43-44页 |
| 3.1.11 Hydraulic Fracture Half-Length | 第44-46页 |
| 3.1.12 The Impact of Hydraulic Fracture Spacing | 第46-48页 |
| 3.1.13 Matrix Permeability Sensitivity Analysis | 第48-50页 |
| 3.2 Hydraulically and Naturally Fractured Unconventional Reservoir Models | 第50-53页 |
| 3.2.1 Comparing Unconventional Homogeneous Reservoir Model and Naturally FracturedReservoir Model (Unconventional) | 第51-52页 |
| 3.2.2 Matrix Permeability Sensitivity Analysis | 第52-53页 |
| 3.3 Permeability of Natural Fracture 10 md | 第53-54页 |
| 3.4 Permeability Matrix 0.005 md | 第54-55页 |
| 3.5 Sensitivity Analysis Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 4 Well Pattern Design | 第56-74页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2 Multilateral Well Applications | 第57-58页 |
| 4.3 Technical Advancements of Multi-laterals’ (TAML) Classification System | 第58-61页 |
| 4.4 Geometry of Multi-Lateral and Multi-branched Wells | 第61-63页 |
| 4.5 Stimulating Unconventional Formations | 第63-64页 |
| 4.6 Productivity and Reservoir Aspects | 第64-65页 |
| 4.7 Simulation Model for the Multilateral | 第65-72页 |
| 4.7.1 Planar Opposed Quadrilateral | 第65-67页 |
| 4.7.2 Planar Offset Quadrilateral (Tri-Lateral) | 第67-69页 |
| 4.7.3 Stacked Tri-lateral (inclined) | 第69-71页 |
| 4.7.4 Forked or Dual Lateral | 第71-72页 |
| 4.8 Well Pattern Design Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations | 第74-76页 |
| 5.1 Summary | 第74-75页 |
| 5.2 Main Conclusion | 第75-76页 |
| Nomenclature | 第76-78页 |
| Reference | 第78-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86页 |
