Advances in sample environments for neutron scattering for colloid and interface science

AP Le Brun, EP Gilbert - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Sample environments are an essential and integral inclusion to all neutron scattering
experiments. This review describes recent advances in such devices across the full …

Confinement effect in nanopores of shale and coal reservoirs: A review on experimental characterization methods

M Li, M Sun, E Mohammadian, Y Ji, TP Blach… - Gas Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The confinement effect in nanopores significantly impacts the phase behavior of fluids in
unconventional reservoirs and controls the occurrence and transport of fluids. As a result …

The importance of pore-fracture connectivity in overmature marine shale for methane occurrence and transportation

M Sun, X Duan, Q Liu, TP Blach, M Ostadhassan… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pore-fracture connectivity is a critical factor in gas occurrence and transportation in shale
plays. To investigate the limiting factors of multiscale pore-fracture connectivity, which might …

The evolution of pore structure heterogeneity during thermal maturation in lacustrine shale pyrolysis

M Guan, X Liu, Z Jin, J Lai, B Sun, P Zhang… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although pore structure variations during thermal maturation have been extensively
discussed using natural or artificially matured shale samples, related investigations into pore …

Methane pore accessibility, densification, and accommodation by organic matter in the Niobrara Formation at wet-gas thermal maturity conditions

AM Jubb, LF Ruppert, TGA Youngs, TF Headen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Petroleum within unconventional source-rock reservoirs is hosted in organic matter and
mineral pore space as well as in voids and microfractures. Recent work has shown that for …

Risk assessment of high maturity lacustrine shale oil reservoir based on pore-fracture connectivity and decane accessibility, Ordos Basin (China)

J Wen, M Sun, B Yu, M Ostadhassan, TP Blach… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
Risk assessment in the exploitation of lacustrine shale oil reservoir requires a more
comprehensive approach. This task was accomplished through a wide range of …

Uniformity and volume-representativity of consecutive submillimetre wafers of shale for SANS and USANS investigations

Y Ji, AP Radlinski, T Blach, P Vu, M Sun… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract (Ultra) Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS/USANS) is a non-destructive
technique suitable for characterization of porous structures from nano-to micro-pore size (1 …

How to avoid multiple scattering in strongly scattering SANS and USANS samples

Y Ji, AP Radlinski, T Blach, L de Campo, P Vu… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) and Ultra Small Angle Neutron Scattering
(USANS) are the only available experimental techniques to provide seamless non …

Deformation of pores in response to uniaxial and hydrostatic stress cycling in Marcellus Shale: Implications for gas recovery

T Blach, AP Radlinski, P Vu, Y Ji, L de Campo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges during gas production from shale reservoirs is low recovery rate.
One contributing factor to this outcome is an insufficient understanding of pore systems …

In situ SAXS study on the evolution of coal nanopore structures with uniaxial compressive stress

Y Zhao, Z Tai, X Guo - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, an in situ synchrotron radiation small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiment
is used to characterize the evolution of coal nanopore structures under uniaxial …