This paper reviews the significance of solid bitumen with emphasis on source-rock
reservoirs. We discuss difficulties and discrepancies with terminology, especially those …

The feldspar group is one of the most common types of minerals in the earth's crust.
Feldspar alteration (including the whole processes of feldspar dissolution, transfer of …

Silver nanoparticles-decorated Preyssler functionalized cellulose biocomposite (PC/AgNPs)
was prepared and fully characterized by FTIR, UV–vis, SEM, and TEM techniques. The …

Artificial shale samples with equivalent vitrinite reflectance values (VRo) ranging from 0.69%
to 4.19% were obtained from an anhydrous pyrolysis experiment. Microporous and …

Hydrocarbon generation reactions occur within organic-rich shales as a response to thermal
maturation. Here, we report observations on samples from the organic-rich Mississippian …

Hydrocarbon generation and retention processes occurring within gas shales as a response
to increases in thermal maturation are still poorly constrained. While efforts have been …

The petroleum exploration well Luntan-1 (LT1) located in the Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin,
China reached vertical depth 8882 m and is now the deepest well in Asia. A significant …

Coal bed and shale gas can be of thermogenic, microbial or of mixed origin with the
distinction made primarily on the basis of the molecular and stable isotope compositions of …

The present-day state as well as the history of isotope organic geochemistry is reviewed.
Theoretical aspects of isotope fractionation in a system of complex organic molecules …

Most Paleozoic marine craton basins in China are rich in natural gas except the Tarim Basin,
where both oil and gas are prolific. Various hydrocarbon types have been found in this …