Computed Tomography Scanning and Geophysical Measurements of Core from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory

Technical Report · Fri Dec 21 04:00:00 EST 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1492344· OSTI ID:1492344

Paronish, Thomas ^[1]; Mackey, Paige ^[1]; Crandall, Dustin ^[1]; Moore, Johnathan ^[1]; Carr, Timothy ^[2]; Martin, Keithan ^[2]

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1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
2. West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

The computed tomography (CT) facilities and the Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Morgantown, West Virginia were used to characterize middle Devonian black shale from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL) site in northeastern West Virginia. The samples are representative of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation, a clay-rich black shale in the Appalachian Basin. The MSEEL site is a unique field study area for new techniques supporting natural gas production and a high level of monitoring of environmental impacts. The primary impetus of this work is a collaboration between NETL, West Virginia University, Northeast Natural Energy (NNE), and Ohio State University to characterize core from multiple wells to better understand the structure and variation of the Marcellus Shale formations. This report, and the associated scans, provide detailed datasets not typically available from unconventional shales for analysis.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• OSTI ID: 1492344
• Report Number(s): NETL-PUB--22177
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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