Pore Characteristics Analysis of Shale from Sichuan Basin, China

Authors

  • Ke Hu Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Sachsen
  • Helmut Mischo Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Sachsen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15273/ijge.2018.03.024

Keywords:

gas shale, pore characteristics, Sichuan Basin

Abstract

Pore characteristics are significant for shale gas exploration and production. In this paper, the method of field emission scanning electron Microscopes (FE-SEM) was applied to qualitatively describe minerals and pore structures of shale samples. Low pressure nitrogen adsorption-desorption and carbon dioxide adsorption were applied to analyse meso-pores and micro-pores respectively. Inter-particle pores are always associated with rigid mineral grains and intra-particle pores are mainly located in unstable minerals. The BET (Brunauer–Emmett–Teller) surface area of Longmaxi Formation (LMX) is 5.47m2/gr and 16.33m2/gr of Wufeng Formation (WF). N2 and CO2 adsorption shows that the diameter of micro-pores in the LMX and WF formation is approximately 1nm. Most meso-pores in WF formations range from 2nm - 20nm, while meso-pores existing in LMX formations range from 2nm - 30nm.

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Published

2018-07-20