Understanding that capillary forces will act to limit petroleum fluid saturations in water-wet fine-grained rocks, including organic rich source rocks, dates back at least to Hubbert. Likewise, Philippi noted relationships identifying sorption in/on organic matter as a significant storage mechanism in organic-rich rocks. Contrast these early insights with current unconventional reservoir evaluation, where we observe …
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