Aguilera, RobertoWu, Peng2014-09-302014-09-302014Wu, P. (2014). Shale – From Nanopore Structure Investigation to Petrophysics and Reservoir Simulation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27767http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1899Despite the burst of shale gas and shale oil production during the last decade, we are still far from fully understanding shale reservoirs. A pervasive problem is the scarcity of data for complete evaluation of wells penetrating these types of reservoirs. This observation leads to the developments presented in this thesis. Contributions are as follows: 1) Comparison of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) for studying the internal structure of shale reservoirs. 2) Development of a new petrophysical dual porosity model for calculating the cementation exponent m and water saturation in shale petroleum reservoirs. 3) A sensitivity study using a commercial simulator for studying the effect of the basic petrophysical properties mentioned above and hydraulic fracture parameters. Results show that the importance of matrix porosity and hydraulic fracture length vary depending upon the matrix permeability in shale formations.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Engineering--PetroleumShalepetrophysicsReservoirnanoporeSimulationporositymaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/27767