Unconventional natural gas has become an important source of energy. However, the
development of such resources has been challenging as these reservoirs are characterised …

Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales has changed the energy landscape of
the US Recovery of hydrocarbons from tight, hydraulically fractured shales is a highly …

Based on the current research status of shale oil exploration and development at home and
abroad, combing the field observations, dissection of typical shale oil regions, analysis and …

Since the beginning of the US shale gas revolution in 2005, the development of
unconventional oil and gas resources has gathered tremendous pace around the world …

We performed mechanical tests on several, mainly European black shales with different
mineralogical composition, porosity and maturity. The uniaxial and triaxial compressive …

The marine black shale formations on the Upper Yangtze Platform (UYP), South China are
exploration targets for shale gas. Here, we report on the methane sorption capacity of …

This manuscript provides a review of the recent advances in the study of fundamental
processes and geological drivers involved in the lacustrine shale deposition, burial …

The results from an ongoing laboratory study investigating petrophysical and
geomechanical characteristics of the Montney and Bakken formations in Canada are …

Abstract Silurian shale in Sichuan Basin is currently the most important target zone for shale
gas exploration and development in China. Pore structure characteristics of Lower Silurian …

For decades, scientists and engineers have been investigating and describing storage and
transport mechanisms in geological porous media such as reservoir rocks. This effort has …