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Neutrons, electrons, and theory reveal secrets of natural gas reserves

Posted at 11:10 pm October 28, 2013
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

Scanning Electronic Microscope Image of Unconventional Gas Reservoir

A scanning electron microscope image illustrating mineralogy and texture of an unconventional gas reservoir. Note that nanoporosity is not resolvable with this image. SANS and USANS analysis is required to quantify pore size distribution and interconnectivity. (Photo courtesy Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Gas and oil deposits in shale have no place to hide from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technique that provides an inside look at pores and reveals structural information potentially vital to the nation’s energy needs.

The research by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy laboratory could clear the path to the more efficient extraction of gas and oil from shale, environmentally benign and efficient energy production from coal, and perhaps viable carbon dioxide sequestration technologies, according to Yuri Melnichenko, an instrument scientist at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science Tagged With: absorption, adsorption, carbon dioxide, coal, Cristian Contescu, electron microscopy, energy, Eugene Mamontov, gas, gas reservoir, General Purpose SANS, HFIR, High Flux Isotope Reactor, Hongxin Zhang, James Morris, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Lilin He, Materials Science and Technology Division, Matthew Chisholm, Matthew Stone, Modern approaches to studying gas adsorption in nanoporous carbons, nanoporous carbon, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, natural gas, neutron scattering, Nidia Gallego, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, oil deposits, ORNL, pores, Raina Olsen, scanning electronic microscope, sequestration, shale, ShaRE User Facility, Spallation Neutron Source, Stephen Pennycook, U.S. Department of Energy, Valentino Cooper, Yungok Ihm, Yuri Melnichenko

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