Evolution and models of shale porosity during burial process

Natural Gas Geoscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 439-449

  Guo, Qiu Lin ^a   Chen, Xiao Ming ^a   Song, Huan Qi ^b   Zheng, Man ^a   Huang, Jin Liang ^a   Chen, Ning Sheng ^a   Gao, Ri Li ^a  

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

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Burial history; Compaction; Nano pore originating in organic matter; Overpressure; Shale gas; Shale oil; Shale porosity

Indexed keywords

BURIAL HISTORY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; LOGGING INTERPRETATION; ORGANIC ACID DISSOLUTIONS; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; OVERPRESSURE; POROSITY EVOLUTIONS; SHALE GAS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPACTION; NANOPORES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

POROSITY;

EID: 84880024046     PISSN: 16721926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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