Formation, Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas

Dear Colleagues,

As an important type of energy resource, hydrocarbon sources’ (including oil and natural gas)  formation, exploration and efficient and cost-effective exploitation are crucial for the security of the global energy supply. In recent years, with the continuous development of unconventional petroleum reservoirs, hydrocarbon resources have attracted increasing attention. Therefore, the accurate characterization and understanding of the generation and enrichment mechanism in source rocks, their subsequent migration and the accumulation process in reservoirs and their exploration and exploitation represent challenges of great importance.

Therefore, we are inviting the submission of original research articles, as well as review articles, that will stimulate continuous efforts towards the subject at hand, covering topics including, but not limited to: hydrocarbon generation and expulsion; conventional and unconventional reservoirs’ sedimentary characteristics and formation mechanisms; the migration and accumulation mechanisms of conventional and unconventional reservoirs; migration and accumulation dynamics characteristics; hydrocarbon charge dating and migration pathways tracing; evaluation of hydrocarbon preservation conditions; and sweet spot prediction and development.

Prof. Dr. Yong Chen
Prof. Dr. Chuanbo Shen
Dr. Miao Wang
Dr. Cui Mao
Guest Editors

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