Reservoir-forming conditions and favorable exploration zones of shale gas in Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation of Sichuan Basin

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Pu, Boling ^a   Jiang, Youlu ^a   Wang, Yi ^b   Bao, Shujing ^b   Liu, Xinjin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Ability of gas adsorption; Favorable exploration zone; Longmaxi Formation; Reservoir forming conditions; Shale gas; Sichuan Basin; Thermal evolution degree

Indexed keywords

GAS GENERATION; HIGH ORGANIC; ISOTHERMAL ADSORPTION; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; RESERVOIR-FORMING CONDITION; SHALE GAS; SICHUAN BASIN; STRUCTURAL CONDITION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

GAS ADSORPTION; GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; SHALE;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 77952003230     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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