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 …

Probing nanopore structure and confined fluid behavior in shale matrix: A review on small-angle neutron scattering studies

H Xu - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Although continued growth in unconventional oil and gas production is generally projected,
its long-term growth potential and sustainability have significant uncertainties. A critical …

Pore structure characterization for organic-rich Lower Silurian shale in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China: A possible mechanism for pore development

L Chen, Z Jiang, K Liu, J Tan, F Gao, P Wang - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Silurian shale in the Upper Yangtze Platform has become one of the
main targets of the exploration and development of marine shale gas in South China. This …

[HTML][HTML] Oil content and mobility in a shale reservoir in Songliao Basin, Northeast China: Insights from combined solvent extraction and NMR methods

H Tian, K He, Y Huangfu, F Liao, X Wang, S Zhang - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The volatility of light hydrocarbons means that the conventional dichloromethane (DCM)
extraction method may underestimate shale oil content, thereby limiting its usefulness in …

Degradation of adsorbed bisphenol A by soluble Mn (III)

Y Sun, J Im, N Shobnam, SK Fanourakis… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bisphenol A (BPA), a high production volume chemical and potential endocrine disruptor, is
found to be associated with sediments and soils due to its hydrophobicity (log K OW of 3.42) …

Pore structure characteristics and affecting factors of shale in the first member of the Qingshankou Formation in the Gulong sag, Songliao Basin

W He, M Wang, X Wang, Q Meng, Y Wu, T Lin, J Li… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A major historical breakthrough has been made in the exploration of the GK (the first
member of the Qingshankou Formation (K2qn1), Gulong Sag) shale oil of the Songliao …

The effects of solvent extraction on nanoporosity of marine-continental coal and mudstone

Y Qi, Y Ju, J Cai, Y Gao, H Zhu, C Hunag, J Wu… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Coal and organic-rich mudstone develop massive nanopores, which control the storage of
adsorbed and free gas, as well as fluid flows. Generation and retention of bitumen and …

Pore structure of Triassic Yanchang mudstone, Ordos Basin: Insights into the impact of solvent extraction on porosity in lacustrine mudstone within the oil window

Y Wang, L Liu, H Cheng - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Low-pressure nitrogen physisorption was performed on Triassic Yanchang mudstones
before and after solvent extraction to characterize the extractable organic matter (EOM) …

Effect of organic matter composition on source rock porosity during confined anhydrous thermal maturation: Example of Kimmeridge-clay mudstones

A Cavelan, M Boussafir, C Le Milbeau… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
To investigate how slight differences in the total particulate organic matter (OM) assemblage
and maceral types of marine mudstones influence the development and the evolution of OM …

Solvent-pore interactions in the Eagle Ford shale formation

VH DiStefano, J McFarlane, AG Stack, E Perfect… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of solvent extraction on pore space was examined on a suite of samples from the
Eagle Ford Shale Formation with varying lithologies and maturities. Several solvents─ …