Comprehensive and up to date fundamentals of gas shale reservoirs is an essential reference for anyone interested in gas shale reservoirs it is also a must have text for students of any discipline studying non conventional oil and gas resources and it is bound to become the gold standard textbook in this field in addition this book is available in both print and e book edition making it easy to choose the format that best suits your needs. Fundamentals of gas shale reservoirs introduces the reader to the topic of shale gas reservoirs and highlights the importance of the shale gas in general this book provides comprehensive information about the key exploration development and optimization concepts required for shale gas reservoirs it addresses the challenges that oil and gas industries may confront for gas shale reservoir exploration and development specifically it covers such topics as shale gas classification economic . Viii contents 624 gasstoragecapacity 119 625 shalecomposition 120 626 geomechanical properties 120 63 petrophysicalmeasurementsofgasshale reservoirs 121 6 . Fundamentals of gas shale reservoirs e e wile i wile i acoustic impedance ai 201 adsorption index ai 58 adsorption isotherm 124 326 langmuir equation 124 269 langmuir isotherm 124 252 amplitude versus offset and azimuth avoaz 192 anisotropic differential effective medium approach 195 apparent permeability function apf 259