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This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the migration flows. The paper also reviews the empirical hurdles that the researchers face in assessing the importance of networks. The key issues concern the choice of micro vs a macro approach, the definition of a network, the access to suitable data and the adoption of econometric methods accounting for the main features of those data. Finally, the paper reports a set of estimation outcomes reflecting the main findings of the macro approach.

Anthropology --- Econometric Methods --- Global Effect --- Human Migrations & Resettlements --- International Economics & Trade --- International Migration --- Migrants Networks --- Migration Flows --- Population Policies --- Social Development --- Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement

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Unconventional reservoirs are usually complex and highly heterogeneous, such as shale, coal, and tight sandstone reservoirs. The strong physical and chemical interactions between fluids and pore surfaces lead to the inapplicability of conventional approaches for characterizing fluid flow in these low-porosity and ultralow-permeability reservoir systems. Therefore, new theories and techniques are urgently needed to characterize petrophysical properties, fluid transport, and their relationships at multiple scales for improving production efficiency from unconventional reservoirs. This book presents fundamental innovations gathered from 21 recent works on novel applications of new techniques and theories in unconventional reservoirs, covering the fields of petrophysical characterization, hydraulic fracturing, fluid transport physics, enhanced oil recovery, and geothermal energy. Clearly, the research covered in this book is helpful to understand and master the latest techniques and theories for unconventional reservoirs, which have important practical significance for the economic and effective development of unconventional oil and gas resources.

shale gas --- permeability --- prediction by NMR logs --- matrix–fracture interaction --- faults --- remaining oil distributions --- unconventional reservoirs --- coal deformation --- reservoir depletion --- carbonate reservoir --- nanopore --- fracturing fluid --- pseudo-potential model --- shale reservoirs --- matrix-fracture interactions --- multi-scale fracture --- succession pseudo-steady state (SPSS) method --- fluid transport physics --- integrated methods --- chelating agent --- dissolved gas --- non-equilibrium permeability --- effective stress --- fractal --- fracture network --- spontaneous imbibition --- tight oil --- porous media --- 0-1 programming --- the average flow velocity --- geothermal water --- micro-fracture --- pore types --- pore network model --- petrophysical characterization --- nitrogen adsorption --- analysis of influencing factors --- mudstone --- rheology --- velocity profile --- shale permeability --- flow resistance --- global effect --- tight sandstones --- fractal dimension --- contact angle --- temperature-resistance --- fractured well transient productivity --- reservoir classifications --- deep circulation groundwater --- viscosity --- NMR --- fractional diffusion --- lattice Boltzmann method --- multiporosity and multiscale --- fractal geometry --- imbibition front --- productivity contribution degree of multimedium --- wetting angle --- pH of formation water --- enhanced oil recovery --- isotopes --- tight sandstone --- fracture diversion --- shale --- SRV-fractured horizontal well --- low-salinity water flooding --- shale gas reservoir --- tight reservoirs --- fracture continuum method --- tight oil reservoir --- Lucaogou Formation --- hydraulic fracturing --- clean fracturing fluid --- recovery factor --- flow regimes --- local effect --- complex fracture network --- pore structure --- gas adsorption capacity --- polymer --- non-linear flow --- conformable derivative --- production simulation --- analytical model --- enhanced geothermal system --- multi-scale flow --- experimental evaluation --- extended finite element method --- fluid-solid interaction --- groundwater flow --- well-placement optimization --- thickener --- imbibition recovery --- equilibrium permeability --- slip length --- large density ratio --- clay mineral composition --- finite volume method --- volume fracturing --- influential factors --- sulfonate gemini surfactant