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Fine Scale Characterization and Modeling of Shale Rocks
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Fine Scale Characterization and Modeling of Shale Rocks

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2020) | Viewed by 3354

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Mehdi Ostadhassan

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Key Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient Development, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
Interests: geochemistry; geomechanics; rock physics; analytical methods; materials characterization
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Dr. Kouqi Liu

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Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, 910 East Bellows, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, USA
Interests: pore structure characterization; unconventional shale; rock mechanics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Topic: Advanced Analytical Methods in Characterization of Unconventional Plays

The current Special Issue aims to attract original high-quality papers and recent developments in the field of metric characterization and fluid–rock interactions applied to petroleum engineering applications. Here, we seek cutting-edge investigations in the field of material science using one or a combination of experimental, computational, and analytical approaches.

Regarding the methodologies, we are looking for novel developments of experimental techniques applied for measuring and characterizing various existing components in complex petroleum systems.

We look forward to the development of new measurement techniques or applications of advanced instrumentation that are not common in petroleum engineering. The development of techniques and instruments are of interest in this Special Issue, with the hope that it can shed more light on the physical and chemical characteristics of unconventional plays, constituent components, and their interactions.

In this regard, we invite the submission of cutting-edge physical and chemical investigations that address multi-scale and/or multi-physics problems. For instance, analyzing the mechanical properties of rocks using atomic force microscopes and/or nanoindentation instruments along with mathematical modeling that encompasses upscaling techniques to relate the results from a very fine scale to plug/reservoir scale fits well within the scope of this Special Issue.

Therefore, this Special Issue covers research papers that include but are not limited to one or a combination of the following topics:

  • Force spectroscopy (AFM, nanoindentation);
  • Electron microscopy (SEM/TEM) of pores or other components;
  • SAXS/WAXS/SANS/USANS for crystallography and/or pore characterization;
  • H, C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and X-ray photon spectroscopy (XPS) for chemical and physical analysis;
  • A combination of adsorption methods;
  • Chemical variations using AFM-based IR and/or Raman spectroscopy;
  • Mass spectrometry, pyrolysis, and thermal gravimetric methods;
  • Mathematical modeling for upscaling methods that showcases experimental data at various scales of measurement.

Note that all aspects of petroleum rock properties that utilize advanced mathematical/experimental methods are of interest. Articles that consider the environmental impact of any of the above measurements through rock–fluid interactions or consider dynamic state observations are also of our particular interest.

Prof. Dr. Mehdi Ostadhassan
Dr. Kouqi Liu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Minerals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • electron microscopy
  • surface probes
  • unconventional shale plays
  • analytical techniques

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Backtracking to Parent Maceral from Produced Bitumen with Raman Spectroscopy
by Seyedalireza Khatibi, Arash Abarghani, Kouqi Liu, Alexandra Guedes, Bruno Valentim and Mehdi Ostadhassan
Minerals 2020, 10(8), 679; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10080679 - 30 Jul 2020
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In order to assess a source rock for economical exploitation purposes, many parameters should be considered; regarding the geochemical aspects, the most important ones are the amount of organic matter (OM) and its quality. Quality refers to the thermal maturity level and the [...] Read more.
In order to assess a source rock for economical exploitation purposes, many parameters should be considered; regarding the geochemical aspects, the most important ones are the amount of organic matter (OM) and its quality. Quality refers to the thermal maturity level and the type of OM from which it was formed. The origin of the OM affects the ability of the deposited OM between sediments to generate oil, gas, or both with particular potential after going through thermal maturation. Vitrinite reflectance and programmed pyrolysis (for instance, Rock-Eval) are common methods for evaluating the thermal maturity of the OM and its potential to generate petroleum, but they do not provide us with answers to what extent solid bitumen is oil-prone or gas-prone, as they are bulk geochemical methods. In the present study, Raman spectroscopy (RS), as a powerful tool for studying carbonaceous materials and organic matter, was conducted on shale and coal samples and their individual macerals to show the potential of this technique in kerogen typing and to reveal the parent maceral of the examined bitumen. The proposed methodology, by exhibiting the chemical structure of different organic matters as a major secondary product in unconventional reservoirs, can also detect the behavior of solid bitumen and its hydrocarbon production potential for more accurate petroleum system evaluation. Full article
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