Note: COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I SHALE AND CLAY OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER 1 MUDROCK COMPONENTS AND THE GENESIS OF BULK ROCK PROPERTIES: REVIEW OF CURRENT ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 COMPONENTS IN MUDROCKS -- 1.3. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FORMATION WATER IN SHALE AND TIGHT RESERVOIRS: A BASIN-SCALE PERSPECTIVE -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. GEOCHEMISTRY OF FORMATION WATER IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS -- 2.3. FORMATION WATER IN SHALE AND TIGHT RESERVOIRS -- 2.4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SHALE GAS AND TIGHT RESERVOIRS: WATER USE AND WASTE-WATER DISPOSAL CHALLENGES -- 2.5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 FROM NANOFLUIDICS TO BASIN-SCALE FLOW IN SHALE: TRACER INVESTIGATIONS -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS -- 3.3. NANOFLUIDICS IN SHALE -- 3.4. WATER FLOW AND OXYGEN-HYDROGEN ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION IN SHALE MATRIX -- 3.5. GAS DIFFUSION AND CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION IN SHALE MATRIX -- 3.6. WELLBORE PRODUCTION: FROM MATRIX TO FRACTURES -- 3.7. FLOW AND TRANSPORT ACROSS A SHALE UNIT -- 3.8. BASIN-SCALE FLOW AND TRANSPORT -- 3.9. CAP ROCK INTEGRITY AND FAST FLOW PATHWAYS -- 3.10. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 METALS IN OIL AND GAS-BEARING SHALES: ARE THEY POTENTIAL (FUTURE) ORE DEPOSITS? -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 4.3. DATA -- 4.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 COUPLED THERMAL-HYDRAULIC-MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL MODELING OF CLAYED ROCKS -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. THMC FORMULATION -- 5.3. POROSITY VARIATION IN A DEFORMABLE AND CHEMICALLY REACTIVE POROUS MEDIUM -- 5.4. EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION -- 5.5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER 6 THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL TESTING OF SHALES -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. HYDROMECHANICAL TESTING -- 6.3. THERMOMECHANICAL TESTING -- 6.4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 GEOMECHANICS OF SHALE REPOSITORIES: MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND MODELING -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. MODELING FRAMEWORK -- 7.3. YIELDING AND DEGRADATION -- 7.4. MATERIAL ANISOTROPY -- 7.5. TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR -- 7.6. FINAL REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 GENERATION AND SELF-SEALING OF THE EXCAVATION-DAMAGED ZONE (EDZ) AROUND A SUBSURFACE EXCAVATION IN A CLAYSTONE -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. METHODS OF EDZ CHARACTERIZATION -- 8.3. EDZ CREATION AND SELF-SEALING -- 8.4. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 SHALE AND WELLBORE INTEGRITY -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. SHALE AND BOREHOLE STABILITY -- 9.3. SHALE AND ZONAL ISOLATION -- 9.4. SHALE AND LONG‐TERM WELL INTEGRITY -- 9.5. SHALE AND WELL INTEGRITY ISSUES IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING -- 9.6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART II UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS -- CHAPTER 10 CHARACTERIZATION OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE SHALES (MUDSTONES): THE NECESSITY OF MULTISCALE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRATION -- 10.1. INTRODUCTION, ORGANIZATION, AND SCREENING CRITERIA -- 10.2. CONVENTIONAL LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY VS. CHEMICAL STRATIGRAPHY (CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY) -- 10.3. MINERAL COMPOSITION -- 10.4. ORGANIC MATTER -- 10.5. GEOMECHANICS -- 10.6. PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- 10.7. DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 WELLBORE MECHANICS AND STABILITY IN SHALE -- 11.1. INTRODUCTION -- 11.2. WELLBORE STABILITY -- 11.3. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 MODELING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS -- 12.1. INTRODUCTION -- 12.2. CONCEPTUAL MODELS OF RESERVOIR STIMULATION BY HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. , 12.3. NUMERICAL MODELING OF MULTIPLE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING -- 12.4. HYDRAULIC FRACTURE MODELING WITH ALTERNATIVE NUMERICAL APPROACHES -- 12.5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13 FLOW OF GAS AND LIQUID IN NATURAL MEDIA CONTAINING NANOPOROUS REGIONS -- 13.1. INTRODUCTION -- 13.2. GENERAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF NATURAL MEDIA CONTAINING NANOPOROUS REGIONS -- 13.3. FLOW PHYSICS -- 13.4. DRIVING FORCES -- 13.5. METHODS OF EXAMINATION -- 13.6. MODELING -- 13.7. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14 FACTORS AFFECTING HYDROCARBON AND WATER MOBILITY IN SHALES -- 14.1. INTRODUCTION -- 14.2. CHEMICAL POTENTIAL OF WATER IN SHALES -- 14.3. SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF SHALES AND OIL MOBILITY -- 14.4. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15 DYNAMICS OF MATRIX‐FRACTURE COUPLING DURING SHALE GAS PRODUCTION -- 15.1. INTRODUCTION -- 15.2. CONTRIBUTION OF MATRIX FLOW TO PRODUCTION -- 15.3. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 15.4. VALIDATION OF SIMULATION MODEL AND FORWARD SIMULATION -- 15.5. RESULTS -- 15.6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- EULA.