Fundamentals of gas shale reservoirs / edited by Reza Rezaee, Department of Petroleum Engineering.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rezaee, Reza, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shale gas reservoirs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2015]

Language Note:

English

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 reservoirsIncludes case studies of major producing gas shale

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1 GAS SHALE: GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND CHALLENGES; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 SHALE GAS OVERVIEW; 1.2.1 Shale Gas Geology; 1.2.2 Characteristics of Producing Shale Gas Play; 1.3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHALE GAS; 1.4 GLOBAL SHALE GAS RESOURCES; 1.4.1 Sources of Information; 1.4.2 Resource Estimation Methodologies; 1.5 GLOBAL RESOURCE DATA; 1.5.1 China; 1.5.2 The United States; 1.5.3 Mexico; 1.5.4 Southern South America; 1.5.5 South Africa; 1.5.6 Australia; 1.5.7 Canada; 1.5.8 North Africa; 1.5.9 Poland; 1.5.10 France

1.5.11 Russia 1.5.12 Scandinavia; 1.5.13 Middle East; 1.5.14 India; 1.5.15 Pakistan; 1.5.16 Northwest Africa; 1.5.17 Eastern Europe (Outside of Poland); 1.5.18 Germany and Surrounding Nations; 1.5.19 The United Kingdom; 1.5.20 Northern South America; 1.5.21 Turkey; 1.6 DATA ASSESSMENT; 1.6.1 Distribution; 1.6.2 Basin Type; 1.6.3 Depositional Environment; 1.6.4 TOC Content; 1.6.5 Clay Content; 1.7 INDUSTRY CHALLENGES; 1.7.1 Environmental Challenges; 1.7.2 Commercial/Economic; 1.8 DISCUSSION; 1.9 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A.1 GLOBAL SHALE GAS RESOURCE DATA; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PROCESSES BEHIND THE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER 2010;RICH SHALE; 2.2.1 Processes Behind the Transport and Deposition of Mud; 2.2.2 Production, Destruction, and Dilution: The Many Roads to Black Shale; 2.3 STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALES; 2.4 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALES; 2.4.1 Background; 2.4.2 Controls on the Geographic Distribution of Black Shales; 2.5 ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; 2.5.1 Continental Depositional Environments

2.5.2 Paralic Depositional Environments 2.5.3 Shallow Marine Depositional Environments; 2.5.4 Deep Marine Depositional Environments; 2.6 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 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 3.13 ADDITIONAL GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES FOR SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEM EVALUATION; 3.14 OIL AND CONDENSATE WITH SHALE GAS; 3.15 MAJOR SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEMS; 3.16 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 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

4.6.1 Barnett Shale (Devonian)

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Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5231-1025-2

1-119-03926-6

1-119-03920-7

1-119-03922-3

OCLC:

905450339