Progress in China's Unconventional Oil & Gas Exploration and Development and Theoretical Technologies

• Published in: Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 938 - 971
• Main Authors: Caineng, ZOU, Zhi, YANG, Rukai, ZHU, Guosheng, ZHANG, Lianhua, HOU, Songtao, WU, Shizhen, TAO, Xuanjun, YUAN, Dazhong, DONG, Yuman, WANG, Lan, WANG, Jinliang, HUANG, Shufang, WANG
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, China
• Edition: English ed.
• Subjects: "man-made reservoir"; Anisotropy; China; development; Energy demand; fine-grained sedimentology; Formations; Geology; Hydrocarbons; Lithology; micro-/nano- scale pore throat; Natural gas; Oil and gas exploration; Oil sands; Oil shale; Petroleum industry; Reservoirs; Sand; Shale gas; shale oil; Shallow water; tight gas; tight oil; Unconventional oil and gas; Unconventional Petroleum geology; unconventional reservoir geology; China; China, People's Rep; shale gas; unconventional reservoir geology; micro-/nano-scale pore throat; fine-grained sedimentology; "man-made reservoir" development; shale oil; Unconventional oil and gas; tight oil; tight gas; Unconventional Petroleum geology

The new century has witnessed a strategic breakthrough in unconventional oil & gas. Hydrocarbon accumulated in micro‐/nano‐scale pore throat shale systems has become an important domain that could replace current oil & gas resources. Unconventional oil & gas plays an increasingly importa...