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1 online resource |
| Contents |
TITLE PAGE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 GAS SHALE; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 SHALE GAS OVERVIEW; 1.3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHALE GAS; 1.4 GLOBAL SHALE GAS RESOURCES; 1.5 GLOBAL RESOURCE DATA; 1.6 DATA ASSESSMENT; 1.7 INDUSTRY CHALLENGES; 1.8 DISCUSSION; 1.9 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A.1 GLOBAL SHALE GAS RESOURCE DATA; REFERENCES; 2 ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PROCESSES BEHIND THE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE; 2.3 STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALES; 2.4 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALES |
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2.5 ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS2.6 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 3 GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEMS; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND; 3.3 KEROGEN QUANTITY AND QUALITY; 3.4 SAMPLE TYPE AND QUALITY; 3.5 KEROGEN TYPE and COMPOSITIONAL YIELDS; 3.6 THERMAL MATURITY; 3.7 ORGANOPOROSITY DEVELOPMENT; 3.8 GAS CONTENTS; 3.9 EXPULSION-RETENTION OF PETROLEUM; 3.10 SECONDARY (PETROLEUM) CRACKING; 3.11 UPPER MATURITY LIMIT FOR SHALE GAS; 3.12 GAS COMPOSITION AND CARBON ISOTOPES |
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3.13 ADDITIONAL GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES FOR SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEM EVALUATION3.14 OIL AND CONDENSATE WITH SHALE GAS; 3.15 MAJOR SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEMS; 3.16 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 4 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE SHALES; SUMMARY; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 GENERAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC MODEL FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE SHALES; 4.3 AGES OF SEA-LEVEL CYCLES; 4.4 WATER DEPTH OF MUD TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION; 4.5 CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY SEQUENCES AND SYSTEMS TRACTS; 4.6 PALEOZOIC RESOURCE SHALE EXAMPLES; 4.7 MESOZOIC RESOURCE SHALE EXAMPLES; 4.8 CENOZOIC RESOURCE SHALE EXAMPLE |
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4.9 CONCLUSIONS4.10 APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; 5 PORE GEOMETRY IN GAS SHALE RESERVOIRS; SUMMARY; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SAMPLES CHARACTERISTICS; 5.3 EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; 5.4 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EXPERIMENTAL PSD METHODS; 5.5 PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; 5.6 RESULTS; 5.7 DISCUSSION; 5.8 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX 5.A XRD Results; REFERENCES; 6 PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF GAS SHALE RESERVOIRS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 KEY PROPERTIES FOR GAS SHALE EVALUATION; 6.3 PETROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS OF GAS SHALE RESERVOIRS; 6.4 WELL LOG ANALYSIS OF GAS SHALE RESERVOIRS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES |
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7 PORE PRESSURE PREDICTION FOR SHALE FORMATIONS USING WELL LOG DATA7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 OVERPRESSURE-GENERATING MECHANISMS; 7.3 OVERPRESSURE ESTIMATION METHODS; 7.4 THE ROLE OF TECTONIC ACTIVITIES ON PORE PRESSURE IN SHALES; 7.5 DISCUSSION; 7.6 CONCLUSIONS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES; 8 GEOMECHANICS OF GAS SHALES; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GAS SHALE RESERVOIRS; 8.3 ANISOTROPY; 8.4 WELLBORE INSTABILITY IN GAS SHALE RESERVOIRS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; 9 ROCK PHYSICS ANALYSIS OF SHALE RESERVOIRS; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS ON SHALES: AVAILABLE DATASETS |
| Summary |
Provides comprehensive information about the key exploration, development and optimization concepts required for gas shale reservoirs -Includes statistics about gas shale resources and countries that have shale gas potential -Addresses the challenges that oil and gas industries may confront for gas shale reservoir exploration and development -Introduces petrophysical analysis, rock physics, geomechanics and passive seismic methods for gas shale plays -Details shale gas environmental issues and challenges, economic consideration for gas shale reservoirs -Includes case studies of major producing gas shale formations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Shale gas reservoirs.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Fossil Fuels.
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Shale gas reservoirs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rezaee, Reza
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| LC no. |
2015011274 |
| ISBN |
9781119039266 |
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1119039266 |
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9781119039204 |
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1119039207 |
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9781119039228 |
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1119039223 |
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1118645790 |
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9781118645796 |
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9781523110254 |
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1523110252 |
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