High pressure methane sorption characteristics of lacustrine shales from the Midland Valley Basin, Scotland

Shale gas potential of the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation was critically evaluated on the basis of a recent reservoir estimation by the British Geological Survey. The organic matter in these lacustrine shales show three times lower sorption capacities in comparison to marine organic matter, but more data are needed and maturity effects have to be taken into account in future studies.