A Case Study on Preservation Conditions and Influencing Factors of Shale Gas in the Lower Paleozoic Niutitang Formation, Western Hubei and Hunan, Middle Yangtze Region, China

<div>Diagram of Langmuir isotherm adsorption results. Note: <svg height="11.8174pt" id="M21" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 12.8714 11.8174" width="12.8714pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M697 650H468L461 623L492 619C539 613 547 605 518 546C481 471 367 264 278 116H276C239 278 197 500 186 567C180 604 185 613 226 619L252 623L260 650H24L17 623C78 617 92 613 108 533L216 -11H247C365 200 515 462 560 529C616 612 624 615 689 623L697 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.332,3.132)"><path d="M495 163C480 117 462 85 444 65C421 39 387 34 332 34C290 34 256 36 236 47C218 57 213 77 213 131V526C213 612 222 616 301 622V650H40V622C122 616 128 611 128 526V126C128 41 120 34 36 28V0H489C498 31 519 126 525 157L495 163Z"></path></g></svg>—the Langmuir volume at a depth of 1166 m in well CY1; <svg height="11.8174pt" id="M22" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 12.1929 11.8174" width="12.1929pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M600 480C600 590 528 650 384 650H143L137 622C222 614 225 607 210 531L130 127C113 41 106 36 23 28L17 0H294L300 28C204 36 195 42 212 127L243 284L314 263C327 263 339 263 352 264C465 271 600 337 600 480ZM508 481C508 351 402 304 329 304C289 304 265 311 250 317L295 559C302 594 310 606 323 611C335 616 350 619 367 619C455 619 508 573 508 481Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.656,3.132)"><path d="M495 163C480 117 462 85 444 65C421 39 387 34 332 34C290 34 256 36 236 47C218 57 213 77 213 131V526C213 612 222 616 301 622V650H40V622C122 616 128 611 128 526V126C128 41 120 34 36 28V0H489C498 31 519 126 525 157L495 163Z"></path></g></svg>—the Langmuir pressure at a depth of 1166 m in well CY1.</div>

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Figure 8: A Case Study on Preservation Conditions and Influencing Factors of Shale Gas in the Lower Paleozoic Niutitang Formation, Western Hubei and Hunan, Middle Yangtze Region, China 

Figure 8 | A Case Study on Preservation Conditions and Influencing Factors of Shale Gas in the Lower Paleozoic Niutitang Formation, Western Hubei and Hunan, Middle Yangtze Region, China 