Early maturation processes in coal. Part 2: Reactive dynamics simulations using the ReaxFF reactive force field on Morwell Brown coal structures

E Salmon, ACT van Duin, F Lorant, PM Marquaire… - Organic …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reports reactive dynamics (RD) simulations of a macro-model of Morwell Brown
coal using the ReaxFF reactive force field. We find that these reactive MD simulations …

Thermal decomposition process in algaenan of Botryococcus braunii race L. Part 2: Molecular dynamics simulations using the ReaxFF reactive force field

E Salmon, ACT van Duin, F Lorant, PM Marquaire… - Organic …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reports ReaxFF MD simulation results on pyrolysis of a molecular model of the
algaenan Botryococcus braunii race L biopolymer, specifically, ReaxFF predictions on the …

In-situ kerogen conversion and oxidant regeneration

MO Wigand - US Patent 8,851,177, 2014 - Google Patents
The invention relates to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface
shale formations. The methods utilize in-situ reactions of kerogen involving liquid phase …

Method for predicting petroleum expulsion

CC Walters, H Freund, SR Kelemen, MD Ertas… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A method for predicting petroleum production is provided. An exemplary embodiment of The
computer-implemented comprises computing a first approximation of an amount of …

In-situ kerogen conversion and recovery

MO Wigand, RM Carlson, MD Looney - US Patent 8,936,089, 2015 - Google Patents
Methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil) shale formations.
These methods rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen using a chemical …

Hydraulic fracturing in kerogen-rich unconventional formations

HAN Yanhui, L Li, G Muntasheri… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for treating a geologic formation that includes providing a hydraulic fracture model,
providing a first value representative of a volume of kerogen breaker in a fracturing fluid …

Electrokinetic enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from oil shale

DG Thomas, MO Wigand - US Patent 9,033,033, 2015 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil)
shale formations. These methods rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen …

Preconditioning a subsurface shale formation by removing extractible organics

MO Wigand - US Patent 8,701,788, 2014 - Google Patents
The invention relates to methods for extracting an organics component from subsurface
shale formations comprising kerogen and an extractible organics component in an inorganic …

In-situ Kerogen conversion and product isolation

MO Wigand, RM Carlson, MD Looney - US Patent 8,839,860, 2014 - Google Patents
The invention relates to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface
(oil) shale formations. These methods rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound …

Method for predicting composition of petroleum

CC Walters, HJ Freund, SR Kelemen… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for predicting petroleum expulsion. A chemical structure of a kerogen is defined
and a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates are …