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 3955
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geochemistry; geomechanics; rock physics; analytical methods; materials characterization
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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
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Keywords
- electron microscopy
- surface probes
- unconventional shale plays
- analytical techniques
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