The theoretical framework of Unconventional Petroleum Geology has been gradually
established along with the rapid progresses in exploration and development of …

Shale gas resources in China are abundant with the marine shales accounting for the
largest proportion, ie 13× 10 12 m 3. The Wufeng-Longmaxi Shale system deposited across …

The new century has witnessed a strategic breakthrough in unconventional oil & gas.
Hydrocarbon accumulated in micro‐/nano‐scale pore throat shale systems has become an …

The consumption and production of conventional energy set a new record high in 2012, oil
and gas are still the mainstays in energy consumption structure, while the drastic increase in …

The fine-grained sedimentary rock has an important position in sedimentary rocks, but it has
been often overlooked because of its seemingly simple appearance. Meanwhile, due to …

The global hydrocarbon exploration targets and the research of petroleum geology tend to
switch from mm-μm-size pore-throats of hydrocarbon traps to continuous hydrocarbon …

Abstract Taking the Wufeng–Longmaxi shale gas in the Sichuan Basin as a typical example,
based on the new progress in exploration and development, this study re-examines the …

Large and extra-large oil/gas fields are mainly distributed in Tethys areas, passive margins,
foreland thrust belts, and craton basins in the world. Unconventional oil/gas fields are mainly …

Great changes of the global energy industry have been caused by the rapid development of
unconventional oil and gas. It is necessary to deeply consider the profound influence of the …

Great changes of the global energy industry have been caused by the rapid development of
unconventional oil and gas. It is necessary to deeply consider the profound influence of the …