New Insights into Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Geomechanics
A Special Issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417) belonging to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2027 | Viewed by 530
Editors
Interests: hydraulic fracturing; unconventional reservoir exploitation; water jet; multiphase flow; rock mechanics
Interests: hydraulic fracturing; strata control; coordinated mining; coal mining
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Dear Colleagues,
Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir geomechanics constitute an inherently interdisciplinary field that underpins not only traditional resource extraction and underground engineering but also emerging low-carbon energy technologies such as enhanced geothermal systems and carbon storage. This Special Issue refines its research scope and highlights broader geoscientific research values and environmental implications, focusing on core problems in promoting sustainable subsurface resource exploitation and utilization.
Despite decades of research advances, many key scientific issues still need further exploration. Representative research gaps include multi-physics coupling mechanisms, accurate prediction rules of reservoir dynamic evolution, effective control of induced seismicity, and coordinated development between engineering practice and long-term environmental protection. The wide application of hydraulic fracturing technology in unconventional oil and gas exploitation and geothermal energy development has further raised higher research requirements, which calls for innovative and systematic research frameworks.
This Special Issue, titled New Insights into Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Geomechanics, aims to gather high-quality original research papers, in-depth review articles, and practical engineering case studies. It welcomes original achievements focusing on fracture propagation law and fluid rock interaction mechanism, innovative research methods including multi-physics numerical simulation and field dynamic monitoring, and frontier technical practices oriented to geothermal stimulation and geological carbon storage. Relevant studies on environmental risk evaluation, induced seismicity regulation and sustainable industry development are also warmly accepted. This Special Issue bridges traditional engineering frameworks with frontier geoscientific and environmental research, aiming to advance a holistic understanding of hydraulic fracturing and reservoir geomechanics and provide robust theoretical and technical foundations for the low-carbon energy transition.
Dr. Haoze Li
Dr. Xinglong Zhao
Dr. Wenbo Zheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydraulic fracturing
- reservoir geomechanics
- fracture propagation
- unconventional reservoir
- geothermal exploitation
- multi-physics simulation
- induced seismicity
- subsurface fluid migration
- coupled geomechanics-geochemistry
- low-carbon energy transition
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