Advances in Unconventional Natural Gas: Exploration and Development

Dear Colleagues,

Unconventional natural gas mainly involves shale gas, coalbed methane, tight gas, natural gas hydrate, etc. Globally, unconventional natural gas resources are abundant. Unconventional natural gas is the most realistic replacement resource for conventional natural gas and plays an important role in the world energy pattern. Currently, the development and utilization technologies are becoming increasingly advanced, and countries around the world attach great importance to the development and utilization of unconventional natural gas resources.

This Special Issue on “Advances in Unconventional Natural Gas: Exploration and Development” aims to cover the recent advances in the exploration and development of unconventional natural gas. Topics include, but are not limited to, the methods and/or applications in the following areas:

• Key technologies for the exploration and development of unconventional natural gas;
• Deep unconventional natural gas resources;
• Numerical simulation techniques for unconventional natural gas reservoirs;
• Recovery-enhancing techniques for unconventional natural gas;
• Favorable area selection for unconventional natural gas.

Dr. Run Chen
Dr. Zheng Zhang
Guest Editors

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