New nanotechnology controlling wettability in unconventional gas reservoirs

该项目旨在开发新的纳米颗粒技术，以改变岩石的润湿性，并显著提高页岩和煤层气田的天然气产量。该项目计划将裂缝中悬浮输送的新理论模型与实验室研究支持的创新数学模型相结合，并根据现场结果进行验证，以测试和开发澳大利亚天然气田的新策略。该项目有望提高对与天然气生产相关的复杂物理现象的理解，并为澳大利亚天然气行业带来经济效益。

This project aims to develop new nanoparticle technologies to change rock wettability and significantly increase gas production from shale and coal seam gas fields. The project plans to use a unique combination of new theoretical models for suspension transport in fractures and innovative mathematical modelling supported by laboratory studies and validated against field results, to test and develop the new strategies for Australian gas fields. The project is expected to improve understanding of complex physical phenomena associated with natural gas production and to deliver economic benefit to the Australian gas industry.