Shale and Clay Overview. Mudrock Components and the Genesis of Bulk Rock Properties / Kitty L Milliken, Nicholas W Hayman -- Chemical Composition of Formation Water in Shale and Tight Reservoirs / Yousif Kharaka, Kathleen Gans, Elisabeth Rowan, James Thordsen, Christopher Conaway, Madalyn Blondes, Mark Engle -- From Nanofluidics to Basin-Scale Flow in Shale / Yifeng Wang -- Metals in Oil and Gas-Bearing Shales / Mark J Rigali, James L Krumhansl -- Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical and Chemical Modeling of Clayed Rocks / Leonardo do N Guimarães, Antonio Gens, Marcelo Sánchez -- Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Testing of Shales / Alessio Ferrari, Enrique Romero Morales -- Geomechanics of Shale Repositories / Miguel A Mánica, Daniel F Ruiz, Jean Vaunat, Antonio Gens -- Generation and Self-Sealing of the Excavation-Damaged Zone (EDZ) Around a Subsurface Excavation in a Claystone / Paul Bossart, Christophe Nussbaum, Kristof Schuster -- Shale and Wellbore Integrity / J William Carey, Malin Torsæter -- Unconventional Oil and Gas. Characterization of Unconventional Resource Shales (Mudstones) / Roger M Slatt -- Wellbore Mechanics and Stability in Shale / Amin Mehrabian, Vinh X Nguyen, Younane N Abousleiman -- Modeling Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconventional Reservoirs / Ahmad Ghassemi, Zhennan Zhang -- Flow of Gas and Liquid in Natural Media Containing Nanoporous Regions / Timothy J Kneafsey, Sharon Borglin -- Factors Affecting Hydrocarbon and Water Mobility in Shales / Charles Bryan, Pat Brady -- Dynamics of Matrix-Fracture Coupling During Shale Gas Production / I Yucel Akkutlu, Asana Wasaki.