Microfracturing and microporosity in shales

A Ougier-Simonin, F Renard, C Boehm… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Shales are ubiquitous rocks in sedimentary basins, where their low permeability makes
them efficient seals for conventional oil and gas reservoirs and underground waste storage …

What model material to use? A Review on rock analogs for structural geology and tectonics

JE Reber, ML Cooke, TP Dooley - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Analog, or physical, models have been used to investigate problems in structural geology
and tectonics for over two centuries. Together with field observations and theoretical …

Characterization of a structural trap associated with an intrusive complex: the El Trapial oilfield, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

EF Lombardo, O Galland, D Yagupsky… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Volcanic plumbing systems emplaced in sedimentary basins may exert significant
mechanical and thermal effects on petroleum systems. The last decade of research has …

[HTML][HTML] Fracture networks in shale-hosted igneous intrusions: Processes, distribution and implications for igneous petroleum systems

O Rabbel, O Palma, K Mair, O Galland… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Igneous intrusions in sedimentary basins can influence basin-scale fluid flow and petroleum
systems in various ways. They may act as barriers, preferential pathways or even reservoirs …

Microfracturing during primary migration in shales

MG Teixeira, F Donzé, F Renard, H Panahi… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
In several geological environments, chemical reactions are coupled to rock deformation and
the associated stresses induced locally interact with the far field loading. This is the case in …

A Semi‐Analytical Solution for the Equivalent Permeability Coefficient of the Multilayered Porous Medium With Continuous Fracture

S Zhang, X Liu - Water Resources Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fractures significantly alter the permeability characteristics of the natural porous media,
especially for the multilayered porous medium system. The most direct and effective …

The Cara Cura intrusive complex, Neuquén Basin, Argentina: a field analogue of a whole igneous petroleum system

JO Palma, O Rabbel, JB Spacapan… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
This contribution presents a detailed geological study of a well-exposed igneous petroleum
system at Sierra de Cara Cura, Neuquén Basin, Argentina, which consists of sills, dykes …

Fluid expulsion and microfracturing during the pyrolysis of an organic rich shale

H Panahi, M Kobchenko, P Meakin, DK Dysthe… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
During progressive burial, low permeability organic-rich shale rocks evolve chemically and
physically as the temperature and stress increase and organic matter matures. The …

Impact of permeability evolution in igneous sills on hydrothermal flow and hydrocarbon transport in volcanic sedimentary basins

O Rabbel, J Hasenclever, CY Galerne, O Galland… - Solid Earth, 2023 - se.copernicus.org
Sills emplaced in organic-rich sedimentary rocks trigger the generation and migration of
hydrocarbons in volcanic sedimentary basins. Based on seismic and geological …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale synchrotron microtomography imaging of kerogen lenses in organic-rich shales from the Norwegian Continental Shelf

JR Johnson, M Kobchenko, NH Mondol… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Kerogen lens shape and size distribution control how organic-rich shales may behave as
either source or seal rocks. Prior to thermal conversion, kerogen is a brittle, load-bearing …