Evolution of mechanical properties of kerogen with thermal maturity

J Wang, Y Liu, C Yang, W Jiang, Y Li, Y **ong - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Kerogen is the most abundant form of naturally occurring organic matter in organic-rich
shale, and it can affect the macro-mechanical characteristics of shale reservoirs during the …

Research on type I kerogen molecular simulation and docking between kerogen and saturated hydrocarbon molecule during oil generation

T Liang, ZW Zhan, YR Zou, XH Lin, Y Shan - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The interaction between kerogen and hydrocarbons is of great importance in the study of
petroleum migration and reservoirs. In this study, type I kerogen was collected from **njiang …

Elucidating the chemical structures of petroleum resin using solid-state 13C NMR

T Liang, XH Lin, YR Zou, ZW Zhan - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a new method to perform the solid-state 13 C NMR analysis of oil resin has
been proposed and the 3D molecular model of oil resin has been established for the first …

Study on the logging response characteristics and the quantitative identification method of solid bitumen at different thermal evolution stages

Y Li, S Chen, X Liu, B Wu, J Zhang, X He, F Mou, L Luo - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid bitumen is the intermediate products during the oil and gas generation, and widely
exists in petroliferous basins all over the world. Besides damaging the reservoir physical …

The hysteresis of asphaltene-trapped saturated hydrocarbons during thermal evolution

P Fang, J Wu, F Chen, Y Wang, XC Wang, K Liu… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Asphaltene-trapped (adsorbed or occluded) biomarkers are considered a valid source of
information for crude oil with severe secondary alterations. However, thermal stress might …

Origin and accumulation of natural gas in the Sinian-Cambrian reservoirs of the central Sichuan Basin, southwest China: Implications from both closed and semi-open …

X Wang, H Gai, P Cheng, Q Zhou, T Li, S Ji… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2025 - Elsevier
Large amounts of natural gas have been discovered in the Sinian-Cambrian reservoirs of
the central Sichuan Basin, southwest China. However, the gas origin and accumulation …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary insights into the origin of natural gas from hydrocarbon generation and charging history of Permian dolomite reservoir in Sichuan Basin

YX Zhu, ZL He, XW Guo, L Li, KOL Omosanya, J Gao… - Petroleum Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Understanding the origin of natural gas in deep and ultra-deep reservoirs with multiple
potential source rocks remains challenging due to the complex thermal evolution of …

The influence of asphaltene matrix on the thermal evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Experimental evidence and geochemical implications

P Fang, Z Hong, J Wu, Y Wang, K Liu… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermal evolution of components trapped in matrix of asphaltenes is supposed to be
retarded, as compared to the free ones. Studying the geochemical evolution of trapped …

Hydrocarbon generation characteristics of solid bitumen and molecular simulation based on the density functional theory

T Liang, ZW Zhan, J Mejia, YR Zou - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a series of 3D molecular models of solid bitumen from the Sichuan Basin were
established using solid-state 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and …

Chemical structure changes of solid bitumen during solvent swelling investigated by X-ray diffraction

T Liang, YR Zou, ZW Zhan - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, swelling experiments for three natural solid bitumen samples in two types of
organic solvents were conducted to explore the location of the swelling between the solid …