Advanced reservoir characterization and prospect analysis methods for unconventional reservoirs

未来几十年，天然气作为一种能源有望继续增长；预计到2030年，天然气将占全球一次能源供应的三分之一。天然气是燃烧最清洁的化石燃料，因此使用天然气作为主要能源是向未来更环保的燃料来源的合乎逻辑的过渡。天然气增长的一个重要组成部分预计将来自所谓的非常规天然气资源，如低渗透(致密)气藏(TG)、煤层气(CBM)和页岩气(SG)。高效、经济、环保地开采非常规天然气面临许多挑战--人们对控制流体储存和运输的储气藏性质知之甚少。

Natural gas is expected to continue to grow as an energy source over the coming decades; it is anticipated that natural gas will account for 1/3 of the world's primary energy supply by 2030. Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel so its use as a primary source of energy is a logical transition to more environmentally-friendly fuel sources of the future. A significant component of the growth in natural gas is expected to come from so-called unconventional gas resources, such as low-permeability (tight) gas (TG) reservoirs, coalbed methane (CBM), and shale gas (SG). There are many challenges to the efficient, economic, environmentally-friendly recovery of unconventional gas - properties of the reservoir that control fluid storage and transport are poorly understood.