The importance of shale composition and pore structure upon gas storage potential of shale gas reservoirs

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 916-927

  Ross, Daniel J K ^a   Marc Bustin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microporosity; Pore structure; Shale gas reservoirs; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREAS; CLAY PLATELETS; DEVONIANS; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; GAS SORPTIONS; GAS STORAGES; HIGH PRESSURES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; IRREGULAR SURFACES; JURASSIC; LOW PRESSURES; MATRIXES; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MESO-PORES; MICROPORE VOLUMES; OPEN POROSITIES; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PORE VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS; POROSIMETRY; PRIMARY CONTROLS; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; SI/AL RATIOS; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SURFACE AREAS; THERMAL MATURITIES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; TOTAL POROSITIES; UNIMODAL; WEIGHT PERCENTS; WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; FIRE HAZARDS; GASES; MERCURY (METAL); METHANE; MICROPOROSITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; RANGE FINDING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; SURFACES;

SHALE;

GAS STORAGE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; POROSITY; SHALE; SORPTION; THERMAL MATURITY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 67349151271     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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