Integrative tectonic and sedimentary models for shale gas

Tectonic models/Basin Analysis

VU Amsterdam and TNO (both the Netherlands)

Migration and Retention Processes in Shale Gas: Basin Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis

IFP (France) and GFZ Potsdam (Germany)

Natural fracturing and pressure modeling in gas shales: reconstuction of geopressures and specific fracturation ratio law calibration (not yet started)

IFP (France)

3D petroleum system modeling of shale-gas plays

GFZ (Germany)

Feasibility study for gas shales with bacterial gas - Microbiology and carbon mass balances of bacterial gas formation in gas shales and potential gas shale targets

GFZ Potsdam, BGR, Technical University of Clausthal (all Germany)

Characterizing the electrical conductivity structure of black shale horizons

GFZ Potsdam  and FZ Jülich (both Germany)