Controlling factors for shale gas enrichment and their implications for favorable exploration areas: Insights from the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formations, Southern Sichuan, China

Zhenwei Zou; Jinghao Fu; Hu Li; Yongyang Liu; Chenglin Zhang; Ziqiang Xia; Cunhui Fan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0323277

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Controlling factors for shale gas enrichment and their implications for favorable exploration areas: Insights from the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formations, Southern Sichuan, China

Zhenwei Zou,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Jinghao Fu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fujinghao317@163.com (JF); lihu@suse.edu.cn, lihu860628@126.com (HL)

Affiliation School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Hu Li ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fujinghao317@163.com (JF); lihu@suse.edu.cn, lihu860628@126.com (HL)

Affiliations School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, School of Economics, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-1467

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Yongyang Liu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Shale Gas Research Institute, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, Chengdu, China
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Chenglin Zhang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software

Affiliation Shale Gas Research Institute, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, Chengdu, China
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Ziqiang Xia,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Shale Gas Research Institute, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, Chengdu, China
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Cunhui Fan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Controlling factors for shale gas enrichment and their implications for favorable exploration areas: Insights from the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formations, Southern Sichuan, China

Zhenwei Zou,
Jinghao Fu,
Hu Li,
Yongyang Liu,
Chenglin Zhang,
Ziqiang Xia,
Cunhui Fan

Published: May 23, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323277

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