Recent Advances in Shale Oil and Gas Reservoirs
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 4038
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sequence stratigraphy; sedimentology; fine grained sedimentology; evaluation of shale oil and gas resources
Interests: shale gas geochemistry; isotopic geochemistry; oil and gas geochemistry; hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism
Interests: sedimentology of shales and carbonates; shale gas geochemistry; stochastic reservoir modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Revolution of shale oil and gas is changing the global energy supply map and international politics, which has attracted the attention of scholars around the world. The abundant shale oil and gas resources have become the primary chosen resource for countries to practice energy independence, which promotes the studies of shale oil and gas exploration theory and development technology. Within the current energy industry situation, the shale oil and gas industry has given birth to many research topics, including fine-grained sedimentology, unconventional reservoir geology, hydraulic fracturing technology, and shale resource evaluation. All these topics are closely related to the exploration and development of shale oil and gas resources. Currently, the single-well productions of shale oil and gas have the challenge of rapid decline during the producing stage. However, the continuous development of new exploration theories as well as new technologies is improving this situation and accelerating the process of shale oil and gas exploration and development. Within the most recent advances, research is focused on fine-grained sedimentology, the relationship between geological events and unconventional resources, pore-fracture systems of unconventional reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing technology, hydrocarbon occurrence, and the sweet-spotting evaluation of unconventional resources. This Special Issue aims to demonstrate the new exploration understanding and new development technologies related to shale oil and gas within this theme.
Topics welcome include but are not limited to:
- Shale oil and gas resources;
- Unconventional petroleum sedimentology;
- Fine-grained sedimentology and shale reservoir evaluation;
- Geological events and unconventional resources;
- Source rock evaluation;
- Pore-fracture systems of unconventional reservoirs;
- Hydrocarbon occurrence and multi-phase flow in porous media;
- Rock mechanics and hydraulic fracturing;
- Sweet spot evaluation.
Prof. Dr. Hongliang Wang
Dr. Lin Wei
Dr. Leifu Zhang
Guest Editors
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