Gas and oil deposits in shale have no place to hide from an
Oak Ridge National Laboratory technique that provides an inside look at pores
and reveals structural information potentially vital to the nation’s energy
needs.
The research by scientists at the Department of Energy
laboratory could clear the path to the more efficient extraction of gas and oil
from shale, environmentally benign and efficient energy production from coal
and perhaps viable carbon dioxide sequestration technologies, according to Yuri
Melnichenko, an instrument scientist at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor.