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Enhancing Shale Gas Recovery by High-Temperature Supercritical CO2 Flooding

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We examine a new technology for shale gas recovery: high-temperature supercritical carbon dioxide flooding. We analyze the physical and chemical properties of supercritical carbon dioxide, the characteristics of shale gas reservoirs, the adsorption/desorption mechanism and the factors affecting it. We discuss the advantages of the proposed technology and the feasibility of its application in the industry.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China

    Feiying Ma & Yongqing Wang

  2. Zhejiang Branch Corporation of China National Petroleum Corporation, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China

    Lin Wang

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Translated from Khimiya i Tekhnologiya Topliv i Masel, No. 4, pp. 45 – 48, July – August, 2013.

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Ma, F., Wang, Y. & Wang, L. Enhancing Shale Gas Recovery by High-Temperature Supercritical CO2 Flooding. Chem Technol Fuels Oils 49, 348–354 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-013-0452-6

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