Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prospects (I)

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 753-767

  Zou, Caineng ^a   Dong, Dazhong ^a,b   Wang, Yuman ^a   Li, Xinjing ^a   Huang, Jinliang ^a   Wang, Shufang ^a   Guan, Quanzhong ^a   Zhang, Chenchen ^a   Wang, Hongyan ^a,b   Liu, Honglin ^a   Bai, Wenhua ^a   Liang, Feng ^a   Lin, Wen ^a   Zhao, Qun ^a   Liu, Dexun ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Liang, Pingping ^a   Sun, Shasha ^a   Qiu, Zhen ^a  

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

^b National Energy Shale Gas Research and Development Experimental Center   (China)

Author keywords

Changning shale gas field; Jiaoshiba shale gas field; Organic rich shale; Reservoir characterization; Sedimentary model; Shale gas; Sweet spot area; Weiyuan shale gas field

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALE GAS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA;

EID: 84953331311     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(15)30072-0     Document Type: Article

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