Origin, properties, and implications of solid bitumen in source-rock reservoirs: A review

M Mastalerz, A Drobniak, AB Stankiewicz - International Journal of Coal …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews the significance of solid bitumen with emphasis on source-rock
reservoirs. We discuss difficulties and discrepancies with terminology, especially those …

[HTML][HTML] Application of organic petrography in North American shale petroleum systems: A review

PC Hackley, BJ Cardott - International journal of coal geology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Organic petrography via incident light microscopy has broad application to shale petroleum
systems, including delineation of thermal maturity windows and determination of organo …

Nano-scale pore structure and fractal dimension of organic-rich Wufeng-Longmaxi shale from Jiaoshiba area, Sichuan Basin: Investigations using FE-SEM, gas …

R Yang, S He, J Yi, Q Hu - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Much attention have been recently paid to the upper Ordovician Wufeng shale (O 3 w) and
lower Silurian Longmaxi shale (S 1 l) in the Jiaoshiba area of Sichuan Basin, which is now …

Mechanisms of shale gas adsorption: Evidence from thermodynamics and kinetics study of methane adsorption on shale

L Chen, L Zuo, Z Jiang, S Jiang, K Liu, J Tan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Studies on the mechanisms of shale gas adsorption are of great significance for shale gas
accumulation and reserves evaluation. In order to investigate the mechanisms of shale gas …

Porosity of Devonian and Mississippian New Albany Shale across a maturation gradient: Insights from organic petrology, gas adsorption, and mercury intrusion

M Mastalerz, A Schimmelmann… - AAPG …, 2013‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The evolution of porosity in shales with increasing maturity was examined in a suite of five
New Albany Shale samples spanning a maturity range from immature (vitrinite reflectance …

Chemical and reactive transport processes associated with hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales

AD Jew, JL Druhan, M Ihme, AR Kovscek… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales has changed the energy landscape of
the US Recovery of hydrocarbons from tight, hydraulically fractured shales is a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Is organic pore development in gas shales influenced by the primary porosity and structure of thermally immature organic matter?

SC Löhr, ET Baruch, PA Hall, MJ Kennedy - Organic Geochemistry, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Organic matter (OM)-hosted pores, rather than mineral-hosted pores, are considered to be
the dominant contributors to total porosity and hydrocarbon storage in many organic-rich …

Evolution of nanoporosity in organic-rich shales during thermal maturation

J Chen, X **ao - Fuel, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Artificial shale samples with equivalent vitrinite reflectance values (VRo) ranging from 0.69%
to 4.19% were obtained from an anhydrous pyrolysis experiment. Microporous and …

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 …

Formation and development of the pore structure in Chang 7 member oil-shale from Ordos Basin during organic matter evolution induced by hydrous pyrolysis

L Sun, J Tuo, M Zhang, C Wu, Z Wang, Y Zheng - Fuel, 2015‏ - Elsevier
To obtain information about the pore characterization during the evolution of sedimentary
organic matter, the pore structures of residual samples from oil-shale hydrous pyrolysis …