Mechanisms of shale hydration and water block removal
ZENG Fanhui,ZHANG Qiang,GUO Jianchun,ZENG Bo,ZHANG Yu,HE Songgen
Table 1. TOC and mineral composition of L1 and L2 shale samples.
Sample No. TOC/% Proportion of non-clay mineral/% Proportion of clay minerals/%
Quartz Orthoclase Plagioclase Pyrite Dolomite Calcite Illite Chlorite Montmorillonite
L1 2.3 38.5 3.9 4.3 2.8 2.3 6.5 22.1 8.4 8.9
L2 3.5 36.1 3.5 4.7 2.9 3.4 4.5 11.2 6.9 23.3