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Resources

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Short Articles :

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• Ziarani, A. S., Golden Rules of Minifrac Tests: Part 1 - General and Operational Rules, Petro Series, Short Articles, Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov 2019.

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Selected Conference Presentations and Journal Publications:

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• Wüst, R. J., Ziarani, A. S., and Cui, A. X., 2020, Interbedded Carbonate and Calcareous Shales of the Devonian Duvernay Formation of Alberta, Canada: Implications for Completion Due to High Variability of Geomechanical Properties, SPE-20011-MS, presented at SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Virtual Conference, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 29 Sept- 2 Oct.

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• Ziarani, A. S., Aguilera, R., and Cui, A. X., 2020, Permeability of Tight Sand and Shale Formations: A Dual Mechanism Approach for Micro and Nanodarcy Reservoirs, SPE-20010-MS, presented at SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Virtual Conference, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 29 Sept - 2 Oct.

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• Ziarani, A. S., Quirk, D., J., Hawkes, R., V., and Glover, K., R., 2018, Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale: Challenges on Modelling Front; What we know and what we don’t, presented at GeoConvention held in Calgary, Albert, Canada, 7-11 May.

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• Glover, K., R., Cui, A., Ziarani, A. S., and Islam, A., 2016, The Behavior of Fractures and Weak Planes in Response to Thermal and Mechanical Stress Changes During Drilling, Fracturing and Production, presented at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 19-22 June.

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• Glover, K., R., Cui, A., Ziarani, A. S., Islam, A., and Quirk, D., J., 2016, Using the Evolving Stress Changes Around Hydraulic Fracture Stimulations as a Tool for Improving Reservoir Access, presented at GeoConvention held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 7-11 March.

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• Islam, A., Ziarani, A. S., Glover, K., and Schneider, B., 2015, Integrated Reservoir Modelling and Optimization Study of a Multifractured Horizontal Well in the Swan Hills Formation: A Case Study of Acid Fracturing, SPE 17595, presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 20–22 October.

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• Ziarani, A.S., Chen, C., Cui, A., Quirk, D., J., and Roney, D., 2014, Fracture and Wellbore Spacing Optimization in Multistage Fractured Horizontal Wellbores: Learnings from Our Experience on Canadian Unconventional Resources, IPTC 17853, presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dec 10-12, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

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• Roney, D., Quirk, D., Ziarani, A. S., and Burke, L., 2014, Integration of Microseismic Data, Tracer Information, and Fracture Modelling into the Development of Fractured Horizontal Wells in the Slave Point Formation, SPE 171605, presented at SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, 30 Sept–2 Oct.​

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• Islam, A., Ziarani, A. S., Cui, A., Ehlers, S., and Schneider, B., 2014, Experimental and Analytical Core and Geomechanical Data Analysis of a Tight Oil Carbonate Formation, SPE 170943, presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 27–29 October.​

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• Ziarani, A. S., and Aguilera, R., 2012, Knudsen’s Permeability Correction for Tight Porous Media, Journal of Transport in Porous Media, vol. 91, pp. 239-260.

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• Ziarani, A. S., and Aguilera, R., 2012, Pore-throat radius and tortuosity estimation from formation resistivity data for tight-gas sandstone reservoirs, Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 83, pp. 65–73.

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• Ziarani, A. S., Aguilera., A., and Clarkson, C. R.,  2011, Investigating the effect of sorption time on coalbed methane recovery through numerical simulation, Journal of Fuel, vol.  90, pp. 2428–2444.

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• Quirk, D., Ziarani, A. S., Mills, S., T., Wagner, K., and Chen, C., 2012, Integration of Microseismic Data, Fracture and Reservoir Simulation into the Development of Fractured Horizontal Wells in the Cardium Formation - A Tight Oil Case Study, SPE 160002, presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 8-10 Oct.​

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Minifrac Poster :

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• Ziarani, A. S., Islam, A. and Hawkes, R. V., 2014, Minifrac Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs, Poster, Trican Well Service, printed and distributed among SPE members in North American through JPT Journal.

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