With the urgent need to increase shale gas production and reserves, deep shale gas has
gradually become an important target for further exploration in China. However, there is still …

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 is one of the most volumetric abundant minerals and can occur in a wide variety of
forms, such as detrital grains and authigenic cements, in organic-rich mudstones. Despite …

The microscopic structure of the pore system in fine-grained mudrocks provides spaces for
hydrocarbon percolation, migration, and occurrence. It exhibits strong heterogeneity due to …

Marine-continental transitional (MCT) shale gas, owing to its great potentials in China, has
become a new field of exploration and development following marine shale gas. However …

Abstract The deeply-buried (> 3500 m) Longmaxi Formation (LMX) shale in the southern
Sichuan Basin, China, has become an attractive target for shale gas exploration owing to its …

Organic-matter-hosted pores are fundamental pore spaces in shale reservoirs, which largely
control the expulsion and storage of oil and gas. However, the strong heterogeneity of …

The Lower Cambrian shale is one of the most important marine shale reservoirs in South
China, which has huge potential for shale gas resources. However, the Lower Cambrian …

The lower Cambrian and lower Silurian shale reservoirs of southern China display
significant differences in pore characteristics that may reflect the varying effects of silica …

Vitrinite-like maceral (VLM) is a type of autochthonous, synsedimentary, dispersed organic
matter, which is ubiquitous in many Lower Paleozoic marine shales. The VLM reflectance …