Comparison between reaction products obtained from the pyrolysis of marine and lacustrine kerogens

Amer, Mohammad W.; Alhesan, Jameel S. Aljariri; Marshall, Marc; Yi, Fei; Jackson, W. Roy; Chaffee, Alan L.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126839

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“…Organic-rich shales in China are deposited in marine, terrestrial, and marine-land transitional environments, with significant differences in their geochemical characteristics, reservoir properties, and gas-bearing properties. − Marine shale typically has high total organic carbon (TOC) content, with a high degree of thermal evolution and organic matter dominated by types I and II; sea-land transitional shale exhibits rapid vertical changes in TOC with some cyclicity, moderate thermal evolution, and kerogen mainly type III; terrestrial shale distribution is limited, with higher TOC at the sedimentary center, lower maturity, and dominance of types I and II1 kerogen. − According to the IUPAC, pores in shales are classified as micropores (<2 nm), mesopores (2–50 nm), and macropores (≥50 nm) . Most shale gas is adsorbed in organic nanometer pores or in the surface and interlayer pores of clay minerals. − Low-temperature CO 2 adsorption experiments can quantitatively characterize the micropore characteristics in shale. − The PSD characteristics significantly affect the gas storage capacity of shale. − Research on the genesis of PSD peaks of micropores mainly focuses on coal and transitional shales. − For example, Qu et al found that the micropores in tectonic deformation coal are lamellar pores of aromatic rings or columnar pores formed by stacking .…”

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Pore Peak Types and Controlling Factors of Micropores in Different Shale Reservoirs

Nie,

Pan,

et al. 2023

Energy Fuels

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The micropores (<2 nm) developed in shale reservoirs play a crucial role in the adsorption and storage of shale gas. In this study, we investigated the organic geochemistry, mineral constituents, and micropore structure characteristics of transitional shale reservoirs in the Yangquan mining area of the Qinshui Basin, China, using total organic carbon (TOC), quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD), and low-temperature CO2 adsorption. We analyzed the genesis and dominant factors of micropore structure characteristics in marine, terrestrial, and transitional shales. The results showed: (1) In transitional shale, the pore-size distribution (PSD) exhibited a bimodal distribution, and peaks 2 and 3 in transitional shale were mainly organic pores; the peak value of PSD is affected by sedimentary environment, the micropore volume of shale in tidal-flat facies was greater than that of shale in lagoon facies. (2) Regarding the genesis of the micropores, peak 1 was likely a false peak. The value of peak 1 in marine shale was positively correlated with the clay and Illite–smectite mixed layer (I/S), but the interlayer of Illite–smectite mixed layer was approximately 1 nm, suggesting that peak 1 was not a clay mineral pore. In terrestrial shale, the value of peak 1 was positively correlated with TOC, and we observed peak 1 in some terrestrial shale (CL-3, S-1, S-2, and S-3), suggesting that peak 1 was not an organic pore. (3) Maturity and quartz have different effects on clay minerals in different shales, and we found that maturity (R o = 1.4–2.0%) was conducive to developing clay minerals in terrestrial shale, whereas maturity (R o = 0.52–3.66%) was not conducive to developing clay minerals in marine shale; quartz was not conducive to developing clay minerals in marine and transitional shale, but it promoted the development of clay minerals in terrestrial shale.

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