Organic porosity: a geochemist's view of the current state of understanding

BJ Katz, I Arango - Organic Geochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
With the increasing interest in unconventional resource plays, there have been important
changes in the way how reservoirs and their attributes are assessed and characterized. Of …

Origins of non-tectonic fractures in shale

Q Meng, F Hao, J Tian - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural fractures are widespread in shales in sedimentary basins and can significantly
increase the bulk permeability and enhance fluid flow, which are thereby considered to be a …

Pore structure heterogeneity of Wufeng-Longmaxi shale, Sichuan Basin, China: Evidence from gas physisorption and multifractal geometries

Y Wang, H Cheng, Q Hu, L Liu, L Jia, S Gao… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the heterogeneity of the nanoscale pore structure is critical for assessment of
hydrocarbon flow and storage in porous reservoirs. Multifractal theory is a powerful method …

Pore structure evolution of Qingshankou shale (kerogen type I) during artificial maturation via hydrous and anhydrous pyrolysis: Experimental study and intelligent …

B Liu, MR Mohammadi, Z Ma, L Bai, L Wang, Y Xu… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, alterations in the pore structure of the Qingshankou shale during hydrous and
anhydrous pyrolysis (HP and AHP) over wide ranges of temperature (300–450° C) were …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of shale macroscale modulus based on microscale measurement: A case study concerning multiscale mechanical characteristics

Y Li, JQ Chen, JH Yang, JS Liu, WS Tong - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Shale mechanical properties are important for shale gas production, but the magnitudes are
difficult to estimate, standard size cores are hard to sample, and secondary interstice …

Quartz types and origins of the Upper Permian Dalong Formation shale of the Sichuan Basin: Implications for pore preservation in deep shale reservoirs

P Gao, X **ao, G Meng, GG Lash, S Li, Y Han - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quartz is critical to reservoir properties (eg, rock mechanical behavior and porosity) of
organic mudstones, exerting an important effect on shale gas production. However, the …

Quartz types and origins in the paleozoic Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations, Eastern Sichuan Basin, China: Implications for porosity preservation in shale reservoirs

T Dong, S He, M Chen, Y Hou, X Guo, C Wei… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quartz in shales has been demonstrated to exert a significant effect on shale gas production
by influencing rock mechanical behavior and reservoir porosity; however, quartz types and …