Shale resource systems include conventional source rocks, unconventional resources such as shale gas and shale oil system. Regardless of the type of shale resource system, the issues of petroleum formation processes (including petroleum generation, migration and storage) are very important in petroleum evaluation and exploration. Because of the complicated and different geological settings in the world, the evaluation approaches and workflows may not be easily implemented following those from successful examples. Thus, the mechanisms of petroleum formation are fundamental for petroleum exploration and production all over in the world. The reason this special issue focuses on the shale system is because the shale system is not only the main source rock type but also the main unconventional reservoir type in the world.
The petroleum formation processes are much more complicated in shales than in other rock types. Shale-rich rocks contained different types of organic matter, from which petroleum are generated. Other rocks include carbonates and sandstones, which could be more likely reservoirs, even though some of them could be source rocks. Moreover, petroleum migration in shales involve the primary migrations and possible secondary migrations, which are far from been well understood. In another hand, shale is composed of fine-grain sediments, thus the hydrocarbon storage evaluation would be really challenging. Despite of abundant studies on shale gas and shale oil, quantitative estimation on hydrocarbon storage in shales still remains a global enigma.
In order to advance more communications on the issues of “Petroleum Generation, Migration and Storage in Shale Systems”, and to promote the development of characterization of shale systems, this Special Issue is intended to gather relevant original articles and comprehensive reviews related to these special issue contents (but not limited to these).
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• The organic matter characteristics and hydrocarbon generation in shale systems.
• The primary migrations and some secondary migrations characteristics in shales.
• Multiscale pore structure characteristics in shales.
• Quantitative analysis of hydrocarbon generation in shales.
• New methods and theories of source rock evaluations.
• Fluid flow in conventional and unconventional shales.
Shale resource systems include conventional source rocks, unconventional resources such as shale gas and shale oil system. Regardless of the type of shale resource system, the issues of petroleum formation processes (including petroleum generation, migration and storage) are very important in petroleum evaluation and exploration. Because of the complicated and different geological settings in the world, the evaluation approaches and workflows may not be easily implemented following those from successful examples. Thus, the mechanisms of petroleum formation are fundamental for petroleum exploration and production all over in the world. The reason this special issue focuses on the shale system is because the shale system is not only the main source rock type but also the main unconventional reservoir type in the world.
The petroleum formation processes are much more complicated in shales than in other rock types. Shale-rich rocks contained different types of organic matter, from which petroleum are generated. Other rocks include carbonates and sandstones, which could be more likely reservoirs, even though some of them could be source rocks. Moreover, petroleum migration in shales involve the primary migrations and possible secondary migrations, which are far from been well understood. In another hand, shale is composed of fine-grain sediments, thus the hydrocarbon storage evaluation would be really challenging. Despite of abundant studies on shale gas and shale oil, quantitative estimation on hydrocarbon storage in shales still remains a global enigma.
In order to advance more communications on the issues of “Petroleum Generation, Migration and Storage in Shale Systems”, and to promote the development of characterization of shale systems, this Special Issue is intended to gather relevant original articles and comprehensive reviews related to these special issue contents (but not limited to these).
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• The organic matter characteristics and hydrocarbon generation in shale systems.
• The primary migrations and some secondary migrations characteristics in shales.
• Multiscale pore structure characteristics in shales.
• Quantitative analysis of hydrocarbon generation in shales.
• New methods and theories of source rock evaluations.
• Fluid flow in conventional and unconventional shales.
