Fine-grained sedimentary rocks–namely mudrocks, including their laminated fissile variety—
shales–make up about two thirds of all sedimentary rocks in the Earth's crust and a quarter …

The past two decades have seen a tremendous focus by energy companies on the
development of shale gas resources in North America, resulting in an over-supply of natural …

The study of phase behavior of hydrocarbons inside shale rock has garnered significant
attention in contemporary literature. The present work focused on experimental techniques …

Shale oil is stored in nanoscale shale reservoirs. To explore enhanced recovery, it is
essential to characterize the flow of hydrocarbons in nanopores. Molecular dynamics …

Phase behavior of confined fluids may deviate significantly from that of the bulk fluid due to
the fluid–wall interactions being a significant portion of all intermolecular interactions under …

Two main groups of thought have emerged over the past decade to improve thermodynamic
modeling of capillary condensation of nanoconfined fluids. One approach has been …

Inside nanopores, solid-fluid interactions are of the same order of magnitude as
intermolecular interactions of fluid molecules. This fact strongly modifies the thermodynamic …

Source rocks, such as organic‐rich shale, consist of a multiscale pore structure that includes
pores with sizes down to the nanoscale, contributing to the storage of hydrocarbons. In this …

Unlike flow of fluid in conventional reservoirs, the fluid transport in unconventional reservoirs
involves kerogen pore structure with much smaller capillaries. This, in turn, leads to large …

Organic-rich shale formations consist of multi-scale pore structure, which includes pores with
sizes down to nano-scale, contributing to the storage of hydrocarbons. In this paper, we …