Ruizhi Hu¹, Shanfa Tang This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.^1,2, Musa Mpelwa¹, Lijun Jin¹, Hong Deng¹, Shuyun Feng¹, and Zhaowen Jiang¹

¹School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
²Hubei Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei, China 

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