Shale gas exploration and development in China: Current status, geological challenges, and future directions

C Sun, H Nie, W Dang, Q Chen, G Zhang, W Li… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The big success in marine shale gas exploration and production made China the third
country worldwide to commercialize shale gas development. However, the Upper …

Pore structure and fractal characteristics of the marine shale of the Longmaxi Formation in the Changning Area, Southern Sichuan Basin, China

H Li, J Zhou, X Mou, H Guo, X Wang, H An… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pore structure is an important factor affecting reservoir capacity and shale gas
production. The shale reservoir of the Longmaxi Formation in the Changning area, Southern …

Geological conditions and exploration potential of shale gas reservoir in Wufeng and Longmaxi Formation of southeastern Sichuan Basin, China

C Fan, H Li, Q Qin, S He, C Zhong - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Paleozoic Ordovician Wufeng Formation and the Silurian Longmaxi
Formation shale in the southeastern part of Sichuan Basin in China are the key strata for …

[HTML][HTML] Geological characteristics of deep shale gas and their effects on shale fracability in the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations of the southern Sichuan Basin, China

J Li, H Li, C Yang, X Ren, Y Li - Lithosphere, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The deep shale gas reservoirs of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in the southern Sichuan
Basin have strong heterogeneity and complex geological characteristics, resulting in a poor …

[PDF][PDF] 页岩气储层表征评价技术进展与思考

王濡岳, 胡宗全, 董立, 高波, 孙川翔, 杨滔… - 石油与天然气 …, 2021 - researchgate.net
油气勘探理论与技术的进步使非常规油气勘探开发不断取得新的突破. 复杂的微-
纳米级孔隙体系与特殊的流体赋存方式是页岩有别于常规储层的显著特征 …

Petrographic features and diagenetic alteration in the shale strata of the Permian Lucaogou Formation, Jimusar sag, Junggar Basin

M Lin, K Xi, Y Cao, Q Liu, Z Zhang, K Li - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reservoir quality is the key parameter controlling shale oil enrichment. However, the
complicated lithofacies, which control diagenesis, result in reservoir heterogeneity in the …

[HTML][HTML] A review on experimental techniques and their applications in the effects of mineral content on geomechanical properties of reservoir shale rock

RM Tuzingila, L Kong, RK Kasongo - Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the effects of mineral composition on geomechanical characteristics is critical
in order to design and optimize the hydraulic fracturing necessary for shale gas reservoir …

Sedimentary facies, lithofacies paleogeography, and an evaluation of the Ordovician sequences in the Sichuan Basin, southwest China

OI Kane, M Hu, Q Cai, Q Deng, W Yang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ordovician strata in the Sichuan Basin occur in formations of varying thicknesses. Deposited
in intracratonic and craton margin depressions of the Yangtze Block, these strata are rarely …

Study on failure models and fractal characteristics of shale under seepage‐stress coupling

Y Lou, Z Wu, W Sun, S Yin, A Wang… - Energy Science & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of bedding in shale plays an important role in the physical properties and
destruction processes of shale. In order to study the failure mechanism of shale with different …

Sealing mechanism of the roof and floor for the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale gas in the southern Sichuan Basin

L Tang, Y Song, S Jiang, L Li, Z Li, Q Li, Y Yang - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exploration activities revealed that high-efficient sealings of the roof and floor for the Wufeng-
Longmaxi (WF-LM) gas-bearing shales were the indispensable conditions for shale gas …