Advanced Technologies for Exploitation of Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit papers to the journal Energies for the Special Issue “Advanced Technologies for Exploitation of Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources”. The Special Issue will report on the most advanced techniques and scientific findings for boosting the development of technological innovation and enhancing the understanding for exploiting geo-energy and geo-resources. It is envisioned that this Special Issue will serve as a rapid and attractive channel for exchange regarding the academic frontiers in different hot topics related to geo-energy and geo-resources.

Extraction and exploitation of geo-energy and geo-resources are being confronted with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The increasingly restrictive environmental regulations and climbing operational costs are forcing the industry to seek new approaches toward meeting government requirements and improving cost-efficiency. On the other hand, the emerging theories and technologies, such as high-performance computation, novel materials, sophisticated instruments, artificial intelligence/big data, and environmentally friendly/green techniques, provide infinite possibilities for solving various problems in this field. This issue will report on the newest valuable perspectives and findings to update the existing knowledge system for optimizing the exploitation of geo-energy and geo-resources.

Potential topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Advanced theories and technologies in unconventional oil and gas extraction;
• Novel technologies in modelling and simulation for exploitation of coal, petroleum, and geothermal energy;
• New theories and technologies in well construction;
• Advanced methods for characterizing reservoir damage and the techniques for enhancing resource/energy recovery;
• Novel technologies in in situ mining;
• Fundamentals and technologies in multiple resources/energies co-mining;
• Health, safety, environment, and sustainability in exploitation of geo-energy and geo-resources;
• Thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical coupling aspects in the exploitation of geo-energy and geo-resources;
• Applications of machine learning and data science in revealing new insights in geo-energy and geo-resources;
• Development of novel instruments and test methods related to the exploitation of geo-energy and geo-resources.

Dr. Wai Li
Prof. Dr. Fangtian Wang
Dr. Lidong Mi
Dr. Meng Meng
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.