Porosity plays a clearly important role in geology. It controls fluid storage in aquifers, oil and
gas fields and geothermal systems, and the extent and connectivity of the pore structure …

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 …

Sorption capacities and pore characteristics of bulk shales and isolated kerogens have been
determined for immature, oil-window, and gas-window mature samples from the Lower …

Abstract Silurian shale in Sichuan Basin is currently the most important target zone for shale
gas exploration and development in China. Pore structure characteristics of Lower Silurian …

An important if not predominant component of porosity in many gas shales has been
identified in organic matter. An organic network in shales has been described in the …

Nanostructure morphology and pore size distributions (PSDs) of 10 samples from the Lower
Cambrian Niutitang Formation in northwestern Hunan were investigated using field …

The production of natural gas has become increasingly important in the United States
because of the development of hydraulic fracturing techniques, which significantly increase …

Recent studies have shown that the loss of primary pores and the development of secondary
pores in mudrocks are primarily controlled by burial diagenesis of the mineral matrix and …

The pore size distribution and architecture in gas shales were studied using a combination
of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP), and …

Characteristics of sorption and distribution of water in nanoporous shale are topics of great
interest to evaluate unconventional reservoirs. Also, a study of surface force of water/solid …