Gas shale: global significance, distribution, and challenges

The central geologic properties of a shale gas play are generally assessed in terms of depositional environment, thickness, organic geochemistry, thermal maturity, mineralogy and porosity. Key features of successful shale gas plays include high total organic carbon (TOC) content (>2%), thermally...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rezaee, M. Reza, Rothwell, M.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: John Wiley & Sons 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13934