Characteristics of shale lithofacies and reservoir space of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, Sichuan Basin

Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 691-698

  Liang, Chao ^a   Jiang, Zaixing ^a   Yang, Yiting ^a   Wei, Xiaojie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Reservoir space; Shale gas; Shale lithofacies; Sichuan Basin; Wufeng Longmaxi Formation

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SHALES; DEEP WATER; LATE ORDOVICIAN; LITHOFACIES; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL FEATURES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; QUARTZ GRAINS; RESERVOIR CAPACITY; SHALE GAS; SHEAR FRACTURE; SICHUAN BASIN; SILICEOUS SHALES; TENSION FRACTURES; WUFENG-LONGMAXI FORMATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRACKS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBONACEOUS SHALE;

EID: 84871436796     PISSN: 10000747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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