The organic nanopore network of shales is believed to be the location of hydrocarbon
trapping in source rocks. Better understanding of organic carbon structure and nanostructure …

Hydrocarbon generation reactions occur within organic-rich shales as a response to thermal
maturation. Here, we report observations on samples from the organic-rich Mississippian …

The uptick in hydrocarbon production from shale in the United States has generated interest
in metrics of unconventional reservoir quality, like permeability. We use conventional gas …

Organic geochemical analyses, including solvent extraction or pyrolysis, followed by gas
chromatography and mass spectrometry, are generally conducted on bulk gas shale …

Heterogeneity in shale due to distribution of mineral and organic matter controls the
disposition of pores in them. While the effect of vertical anisotropy is accounted for most …

The characterization of nanoscale organic structures has improved our understanding of
porosity development within source-rock reservoirs, but research linking organic porosity …

The generation and primary migration of hydrocarbons in organic-rich shale leaves void
space in organic matter, which is the porosity associated with organic matter commonly …

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 …

Petroleum is retained in shales either in a sorbed state or in a free form within pores and
fractures. In shales with oil resource potential, organic matter properties (ie, richness, quality …

The identification of ldquo organoporosity rdquo (microscale and nanoscale pores within
organic matter in shales), its importance to storage and perhaps transfer of gas molecules …