Bridging the Gap Between Field Studies and Laboratory Experiments on Gas Hydrates
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2026 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural gas hydrates; storage and environmental impact mechanisms of natural hydrates; field exploration of gas hydrates in geophysics and geological engineering; hydrate-bearing sediments; thermodynamics and kinetics of gas hydrate; unsaturated soil mechanics; multiphase flow in marine sediments
Interests: flow dynamics; numerical simulation; multiscale flow; multifield coupling modeling; CCUS; unconventional oil and gas resources (NGH, shale gas, shale oil, etc.) development
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Interests: gas hydrate system; cold seep; seismic interpretation; multibeam beam echo sounder analysis; authigenic carbonate geochemistry (isotope, U-Th dating etc.); matlab modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will advance the predictive understanding of complex oil–gas–hydrate systems through highlighting synergy between field and laboratory studies. We invite original research articles and reviews that integrate field data with experimental insights to reduce technological uncertainties. We encourage submissions emphasizing such integration for safer and more efficient hydrate technologies.
Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Bridging Field- and Laboratory-Scale Characterization: Using field data (e.g., seismic, well log, and core information) to design laboratory experiments or applying advanced laboratory methods (e.g., micro-CT and Raman spectroscopy) to interpret field observations in heterogeneous reservoirs.
- Validated Predictive Models: Developing models calibrated with both field and laboratory data, focusing on multi-phase processes in hydrate-bearing systems.
- Integrated Process Analysis: Research combining field monitoring of hydrate dissociation (e.g., at pilot production sites) with experimental and simulation studies on associated geomechanical, hydrological, and geochemical responses.
- Technology Development: Translating laboratory-scale findings (e.g., CO2-enhanced recovery) to field applications and using field results to refine experiments and designs.
- Environmental Impact Assessments: Coupling field measurements of methane flux from hydrate systems with laboratory experiments on dissociation kinetics and biogeochemical cycling.
Dr. Jinan Guan
Prof. Dr. Gang Lei
Dr. Ang Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural gas hydrates (NGHs)
- gas hydrate exploration and production
- thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrates
- gas hydrate geohazards and climate change
- gas hydrate-bearing sediments
- gas–oil–hydrate system
- CO2-CH4 hydrate replacement
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