Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Shales will play an important role in the successful transition of energy from fossil-based
resources to renewables in the coming decades. Aside from being a significant source of …

Accurately predicting gas adsorption in shale gas is essential for estimating production
capacity and optimizing extraction processes. However, the complex nature of shale …

Climate change mitigation has become a pressing global challenge, with the oil and gas
sector being a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. This review examines …

Tight oil extraction and offshore oil spills generate large amounts of oil–water emulsions,
causing serious soil and marine pollution. In such oil–water emulsions, the resin molecules …

In order to construct an emulsification and viscosity reduction system of temperature
tolerance and salt resistance surfactants, a series of surfactants E 4 A n (E 4 A 6, E 4 A 10, E …

The adsorption characteristic of methane in water-bearing shale is essential for the accurate
estimation of shale gas reserves. The sorption mechanisms of moisture and methane in …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is one of typical reasons leading to a lot of
damage of pipeline steels in the shale gas environments. MIC behavior and mechanism …

Barite (BaSO4) precipitation is one of the most ubiquitous examples of secondary sulfate
mineral scaling in shale oil and gas reservoirs. Often, a suite of chemical additives is used …

Fluids under nanoconfinement control many environmental and engineering processes. In
particular, nanoconfined ethane commonly occurs in hydrocarbon production and gas …