[eBook Code] Shale (eBook Code, 1st)

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Part I: Shale and Clay Overview

1. Mudrock Components and the Genesis of Bulk Rock Properties: Review of Current Advances and Challenges 3
Kitty L. Milliken and Nicholas W. Hayman

2. Chemical Composition of Formation Water in Shale and Tight Reservoirs: A Basin‐Scale Perspective 27
Yousif Kharaka, Kathleen Gans, Elisabeth Rowan, James Thordsen, Christopher Conaway, Madalyn Blondes, and Mark Engle

3. From Nanofluidics to Basin‐Scale Flow in Shale: Tracer Investigations 45
Yifeng Wang

4. Metals in Oil and Gas‐Bearing Shales: Are They Potential (Future) Ore Deposits? 59
Mark J. Rigali and James L. Krumhansl

5. Coupled Thermal–Hydraulic–Mechanical and Chemical Modeling of Clayed Rocks 69
Leonardo do N. Guimarães, Antonio Gens, and Marcelo Sánchez

6. Thermo‐Hydro‐Mechanical Testing of Shales 83
Alessio Ferrari and Enrique Romero Morales

7. Geomechanics of Shale Repositories: Mechanical Behavior and Modeling 99
Miguel A. Mánica, Daniel F. Ruiz, Jean Vaunat, and Antonio Gens

8. Generation and Self‐Sealing of the Excavation‐Damaged Zone (EDZ) Around a Subsurface Excavation in a Claystone 125
Paul Bossart, Christophe Nussbaum, and Kristof Schuster

9. Shale and Wellbore Integrity 145
J. William Carey and Malin Torsæter

Part II: Unconventional Oil and Gas

10. Characterization of Unconventional Resource Shales (Mudstones): The Necessity of Multiscale Scientific Integration 163
Roger M. Slatt

11. Wellbore Mechanics and Stability in Shale 197
Amin Mehrabian, Vinh X. Nguyen, and Younane N. Abousleiman

12. Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconventional Reservoirs 213
Ahmad Ghassemi and Zhennan Zhang

13. Flow of Gas and Liquid in Natural Media Containing Nanoporous Regions 235
Timothy J. Kneafsey and Sharon Borglin

14. Factors Affecting Hydrocarbon and Water Mobility in Shales 255
Charles Bryan and Pat Brady

15. Dynamics of Matrix‐Fracture Coupling During Shale Gas Production 273
I. Yucel Akkutlu and Asana Wasaki

Index 287