Shale gas reservoir characterisation: A typical case in the southern Sichuan Basin of China

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6609-6616

  Chen, Shangbin ^a   Zhu, Yanming ^a   Wang, Hongyan ^b   Liu, Honglin ^b   Wei, Wei ^b   Fang, Junhua ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Laboratory Center of Petroleum Exploration   (China)

Author keywords

China; Reservoir characterisation; Shale gas; Southern Sichuan Basin

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE;

CHARACTERISATION; CHINA; EXPLORATION POTENTIAL; FRACTURE POTENTIAL; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS SHALES; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROPHYSICAL; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS; SICHUAN BASIN; SOUTHERN SICHUAN BASIN; SOUTHWEST CHINA; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; YANGTZE PLATE;

GASES;

ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS PRODUCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; MUDSTONE; NATURAL GAS; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALE; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 80655146993     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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