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Wei Yu is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has a primary research focus within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research contributions cover a variety of topics, notably:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Wei Yu has published research in a range of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SPE Journal
  • SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • Proceedings of the 8th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Energies

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei Yu include:

  • Enrichment of residual carbon from coal gasification fine slag by spiral separator, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Impact of Proppant Pumping Schedule on Well Production for Slickwater Fracturing, 2020, SPE Journal
  • Investigation of different production performances in shale gas wells using assisted history matching: Hydraulic fractures and reservoir characterization from production data, 2020, Fuel
  • Impact of well shut-in after hydraulic-fracture treatments on productivity and recovery of tight oil reservoirs, 2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Application of deep learning on well-test interpretation for identifying pressure behavior and characterizing reservoirs, 2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Frequent collaborators in their research work include:

  • Kamy Sepehrnoori
  • Jijun Miao
  • Chuxi Liu
  • Sutthaporn Tripoppoom
  • Cheng Chang

Best Publications

  • CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery in Bakken tight oil reservoirs

    Wei Yu;Hamid Reza Lashgari;Kan Wu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Simulation of gas desorption and geomechanics effects for unconventional gas reservoirs

    Wei Yu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Model for Surface Diffusion of Adsorbed Gas in Nanopores of Shale Gas Reservoirs

    Keliu Wu;Xiangfang Li;Chenchen Wang;Wei Yu

  • Discrete-Fracture Modeling of Complex Hydraulic-Fracture Geometries in Reservoir Simulators

    Yifei Xu;Jose Sergio de Araujo Cavalcante Filho;Wei Yu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Simulation Study of CO2 Huff-n-Puff Process in Bakken Tight Oil Reservoirs

    Wei Yu;Hamid Reza Lashgari;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Numerical Analysis for Promoting Uniform Development of Simultaneous Multiple-Fracture Propagation in Horizontal Wells

    Kan Wu;Jon Olson;Matthew T. Balhoff;Wei Yu

  • Modeling Gas Adsorption in Marcellus Shale With Langmuir and BET Isotherms

    Wei Yu;Kamy Sepehrnoori;Tadeusz W. Patzek

  • Modeling Dynamic Behaviors of Complex Fractures in Conventional Reservoir Simulators

    Yifei Xu;Wei Yu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Performance Evaluation of CO2 Huff-n-Puff and Continuous CO2 Injection in Tight Oil Reservoirs

    Pavel Zuloaga;Wei Yu;Jijun Miao;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Simulation Study of CO2-EOR in Tight Oil Reservoirs with Complex Fracture Geometries.

    Pavel Zuloaga-Molero;Wei Yu;Yifei Xu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • A model for gas transport in microfractures of shale and tight gas reservoirs

    Keliu Wu;Xiangfang Li;Chenchen Wang;Zhangxin Chen

  • Sensitivity analysis of hydraulic fracture geometry in shale gas reservoirs

    W. Yu;Z. Luo;Farzam Javadpour;Abdoljalil Varavei

  • Optimization of Multiple Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs

    Wei Yu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Numerical study of the effect of uneven proppant distribution between multiple fractures on shale gas well performance

    Wei Yu;Tiantian Zhang;Song Du;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Compositional Simulation of CO2 Huff ’n’ Puff in Eagle Ford Tight Oil Reservoirs With CO2 Molecular Diffusion, Nanopore Confinement, and Complex Natural Fractures

    Wei Yu;Yuan Zhang;Abdoljalil Varavei;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Diffusion and Flow Mechanisms of Shale Gas through Matrix Pores and Gas Production Forecasting

    Juntai Shi;Lei Zhang;Yuansheng Li;Wei Yu

  • Apparent Permeability for Gas Flow in Shale Reservoirs Coupling Effects of Gas Diffusion and Desorption

    Keliu Wu;Xiangfang Li;Chenchen Wang;Wei Yu

  • An Efficient Reservoir-Simulation Approach To Design and Optimize Unconventional Gas Production

    Wei Yu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • A Numerical Model for Simulating Pressure Response of Well Interference and Well Performance in Tight Oil Reservoirs With Complex–Fracture Geometries Using the Fast Embedded–Discrete–Fracture–Model Method

    Wei Yu;Yifei Xu;Ruud Weijermars;Kan Wu

  • Physical Models for Inter-Well Interference in Shale Reservoirs: Relative Impacts of Fracture Hits and Matrix Permeability

    Wei Yu;Kan Wu;Lihua Zuo;Xiaosi Tan

  • A Semianalytical Model for Production Simulation From Nonplanar Hydraulic-Fracture Geometry in Tight Oil Reservoirs

    Wei Yu;Kan Wu;Kamy Sepehrnoori

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamy Sepehrnoori
Kamy Sepehrnoori The University of Texas at Austin
Gensheng Li
Gensheng Li China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Ruud Weijermars
Ruud Weijermars King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Tiefeng Wang
Tiefeng Wang Tsinghua University
Xiangfang Li
Xiangfang Li China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Keliu Wu
Keliu Wu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Xianzhi Song
Xianzhi Song China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Tadeusz W Patzek
Tadeusz W Patzek King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Zhangxin Chen
Zhangxin Chen University of Calgary
Jon E. Olson
Jon E. Olson The University of Texas at Austin

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