Understanding the transport mechanism of hydrocarbons through kerogen nanopores is
crucial to shale oil production. However, existing studies primarily focus on single …

The analysis of porosity and pore structure of shale rocks has received special attention in
the last decades as unconventional reservoir hydrocarbons have become a larger parcel of …

Nanoconfinement effects lead to the anomalous phase behavior of hydrocarbons in
nanopores. Besides the capillary pressure, the critical properties' shift and curvature …

The global energy demand is increasing rapidly, and it is imperative to develop shale
hydrocarbon resources vigorously. The prerequisite for enhancing the exploitation efficiency …

Reliable prediction of gas recovery from shale formations is essential for achieving the full
potential of shale gas. A distinguishing feature of shales is that nanoscale pores dominate …

Shale oil has received increasing attention as an essential replacement for conventional oil
resources. Shale oil recovery is a complex process controlled by interactions of many factors …

Shale oil has become an important oil resource over the past decade. The oil storage
behavior, including the adsorbed oil and free oil, is one of the most important controlling …

Shale formation has a broad pore size distribution with both micropores (< 2 nm) and
mesopores (2–50 nm) in the kerogen matrix in addition to the macropores and fractures …

A fundamental understanding of dynamic wettability alteration at complex solid interfaces in
varying fluidic environments representative of the subsurface environments is essential for …

The presence of extensive nanopores in organic-rich shale introduces unique
thermodynamic fluid phase behaviors owing to large pressure differentials across fluid-fluid …